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Tennessee poet Ben Weakly sings of a soldier’s valor as sacrifice for the living.

Republicans on and off the bench are moving to kill unions. But millennials—the most pro-union generation since the 1930s—may yet find a way to organize.

Alien-nation; American and Arab; Taking back the land; Politics and the WV teachers; Rainbow gunbusters

The US has a whole host of social problems. More public spending would solve many of them.

How we name and define this most controversial of American wars is not a narrow scholarly exercise, but profoundly shapes public memory of its meaning and ongoing significance to American national identity and foreign policy.

The southern victory could be a blueprint for defending the public sector.

A self-confessed fan of regime change, the latest US national security advisor looks to be itching for a new conflict in the Middle East.

Steven Soderbergh’s new film is the story of a women held in a psychiatric hospital. It shows how film-makers are doing a better job with mental health issues.