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As we approach Super Tuesday, three numbers capture the stakes, the dynamics and the limits of the 2020 election.

...one can blame the lack of an antiwar movement in part for the failure to stop the war sooner, the price Afghanis and Americans have paid for this failure, and the ceding of credit for US withdrawal to President Trump.

As femicide continues to plague the world, we must continue to fight the systems that are complicit in their acceptance of it and for the families demanding justice for their loved ones.

There are no quick fixes to the state’s water woes – and so many impoverished residents remain exposed to unsafe water.

When the county implemented a penny-per-ounce tax on both sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened drinks — purchases of the taxed beverages decreased by 21%, even after an adjustment for cross-border shopping.

A new Urban Institute study measures the spatial mismatch between where job seekers live and employment opportunities.

Vermont’s GOP governor could appoint a Republican to replace him and throw everything into disarray.

Debt’s ubiq­uity is a burden, but also an opportunity.

How much time does the measurement process take and what is the quantum state of the system at any intermediate step?

Nobody “earned” a billion dollars. Nobody earned even a million dollars. And nobody deserves to have their life destroyed due to the financial implications of a child’s illness, or any illness.