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Truus Menger-Oversteegen was part of a generation that sacrificed everything to fight Nazism and build a better world.

According to our best theories of physics, the universe is a fixed block where time only appears to pass. Yet a number of physicists hope to replace this “block universe” with a physical theory of time.

In the case that sparked the Montgomery lawsuit, days an out-of-work grandmother was ordered to serve in jail because she was unable to pay old tickets and the fees charged by a private probation company hired by the city to collect fines: 31

Reorienting value generated within 'global poverty chains' is essential to improve the lives of an impoverished world labour force.

“Kaine did meet with union leaders in Madison. But he supported Virginia’s right-to-work laws during his gubernatorial campaign and his four years in office. Even the group that seeks to expand these laws [the National Right to Work Foundation] concedes Kaine did few things that troubled them.”

The following press release was sent out by the the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE):

NBA's decision to pull All-Star game could have big political fallout in North Carolina

The post-coup chaos in Turkey, home to NATO’s largest nuclear weapons storage facility, is an alarming reminder about the risk of siting nuclear weapons in unstable regions where they serve no clear strategic purpose, but pose a clear and present danger. At issue is not only the obvious risks of nukes falling into unfriendly hands, but also, after the fall of the USSR, who are these hydrogen bombs, a quarter of NATO’s theater nuclear weapons, to be used against?

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Detached from history and fueled by fear, his convention speech was utterly unlike anything we've heard in American politics.