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"Her ordeal remains a flagrant miscarriage of justice."

The GameStop saga was more than a simple tale of upstart traders taking on big business. But it highlighted again how disconnected Wall Street is from ordinary workers — and new polling finds that even more Americans now resent Wall Street.

The Law Enforcement Assistance Act of 1965 began the process of Congress’ providing “military-grade hardware” for local police departments, enabling local police to produce heavily militarized responses to anti-racism protests today.

The Asian country’s military overthrew its government over baseless claims of voter fraud. Sound familiar?

Media workers organize, Indian journalists under attack, GameStop, Fox News, and more hot flashes

On the history of the single-family home in America, alternative modes of housing, and what it will take to fix the housing market. A review of Brave New Home by Diana Lind

Ice accused of sending ‘defenseless babies into the burning house’ as deportations of 72 carried out in apparent breach of Biden order

If what's impeachable is only what members of Congress say it is, constituents should insist that egregiously narrow definitions must no longer prevail.

The new law, set to take effect July 4, will cover 67,000 fast food workers in New York City. It applies to chains that have 30 or more stores nationally, including McDonald’s, Dunkin’, Wendy’s, and Chipotle.

Under the current system, “the lungs of the Earth are being plowed up and bulldozed to plant more corn and soybeans so that more animals can be raised in confinement.” "Farmers need to follow the lead of India’s farmers and make our voices heard.”