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"Peekskill, 1949: What Was Lost, What Remained, What It Means Today". A look back at the late 1940s and its lost opportunities ought to give us pause as we consider our situation today.

Neandertals at a site in Croatia exhibited a range of behaviors traditionally assumed to be unique to modern humans, and they developed these behaviors independently, tens of thousands of years before modern humans arrived in this region.

How movements settle the debate on whether to engage with political parties from the inside or outside will have a profound impact on their effectiveness.

A US State Department official says waiver needed to allow for technical discussions key to talks on nuclear deal return.

There is still a lot of uncertainty about what the court will do. The decision could fall anywhere in between the two extremes laid out in this article. We’ll just have to wait and see; a decision could come down any day.

The French presidential election looks to once more see a run-off between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. Can the Left break through? And what is the threat of Eric Zemmour?

Our visual system sometimes sacrifices accuracy for the sake of a smooth visual experience of the world around us.

The latest in our series of writers unearthing forgotten movies highlights a moving documentary about a jazz musician killed in his prime.

In the context of the stymied efforts to expand Medicare at the national level, state efforts show where the real action is. There the terrain for winning universal, publicly-financed comprehensive healthcare looks increasingly favorable.

A newly released report revealed that throughout the 30-year conflict in Northern Ireland the British military and police, waged a “dirty war.” They used tactics developed in anti-colonial wars in Kenya, Malaysia, Aden and Oman.