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Author and curator Nick Pyenson describes the similarities and differences between humans and our distant mammalian relatives.

In subtle and not so subtle ways, the White House waged a quiet campaign to ensure that Mr. Trump had a second opportunity to appoint a Supreme Court Justice in his first 18 months in office.

Presidential front-runner Andrés Manuel López Obrador says Mexico can no longer play ‘piñata’ to the United States.

Five years after "Pact for Mexico", Mexico's economy is mired in a trap of low investment and low growth and imperiled by liberalization of financial markets making it vulnerable to rate increases by the US Fed and global financial turbulence.

Because public-sector unions disproportionately empower and protect African-American women, this class of hyper-exploited workers is poised to be hit hardest by the Janus v. AFSCME anti-union ruling.

It’s about the bonds social gamers form, not about living the game, fighting evil, or hating the outside world.

The recent election results make it clear that although Nicolás Maduro won by a wide margin on May 20, there exists a significant majority made up of those who voted for the opposition and those who dd not vote in these elections.

Walker’s attack and the Janus litigation are similar not only because they directly attack working people and their right to organize, but because both have been bankrolled and directed by a network of billionaires and right-wing foundations.

New York also saw a major rally, as did Los Angeles, Dallas, Denver, Chicago, Boston and other big cities. In Greenfield Ma., population 17,000, 500 people attended a rally on the Town Common. Over 700 rallies were listed nationally.

The calls to abolish ICE among Democrats picked up after the 28-year-old Ocasio-Cortez defeated Rep. Joseph Crowley (N.Y.) in an upset few saw coming.