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The debate over climate crisis, and more news and analysis from the Mideast, Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America

The problem for many Americans isn’t getting a job, it’s getting enough hours at decent wages. Our topline numbers obscure that reality.

Civil rights advocates worry that moves to fight far-right extremism will be used against communities of color and leftwing activists

One-time presidential hopeful faces backlash over op-ed saying BDS movement 'rooted in antisemitic thought and history'

The United States government has only one responsibility and that is to support Puerto Rico’s right to self-determination. No political leader in the United States has the right to determine what is right for Puerto Rico.

The Capitol rampage turns the media world upside down

Twitter canceling Trump’s account shows that real political power in the United States shifted from government to corporations.

Hank Aaron will be remembered for his astonishing achievements as one of the all-time great baseball players, not least because he broke Babe Ruth’s home run record. But Aaron also ceaselessly fought to defend black people in a hostile racist society

Ruth Milkman, Immigrant Labor and the New Precariat (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2020), a Review by Lola Loustaunau

The Massive and Unseen Costs of America’s Post-9/11 Wars at Home and Abroad.