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Amazon has announced it is acquiring One Medical, a private equity–backed primary care provider that generates most of its revenue from a for-profit Medicare program. It’s a terrifying sign of Amazon’s continued expansion and the privatization of Medicare.

Ms. Marvel made the lasting trauma and division after Partition a significant conversation, introducing many to its horrors. Partition impacted millions of people in 1947. Generations later, we are still unpacking how it continues to resonate.

A group including Native Hawaiians will now manage the mountain Maunakea, where Indigenous rights and astronomy have collided.

Emails obtained by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica confirm that federal authorities are probing discrimination claims involving Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar border initiative.

No legal doctrine should shield anyone—including Donald Trump, if reelected—from prosecution for criminal wrongdoing.

On Lewis Mumford, Herman Melville, and the gentle art of looking back in time.

The bill fixes many problems, but doesn’t really safeguard Americans’ right to vote.

Edward Snowden talks NSA and internet surveillance at SXSW.

Manufacturing jobs are not what they used to be. Companies increasingly hire temp workers through contractors who are paid less and even wear different shirts. Employees paint a grim picture of the work and the long-term impact on the local economy.

Fifteen towns approve resolution that would establish bank that works for people of Vermont, not Wall Street.