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Jean-Jacques Dessalines commitment to Black equality was far more radical than America’s founding fathers, who freed the U.S. from England but let Black Americans stay in chains for another nine decades.

For decades, some of the atomic matter in the universe had not been located. Recent papers reveal where it’s been hiding.

The Michigan legislature seemed to take bold steps toward improving working conditions for its constituents: It passed legislation that would guarantee workers the right to earn paid sick leave, as well as a minimum wage increase to $12 an hour.

Rick and Morty is a dialectic of masculinity unmoored.

The great financial catastrophe of our times is still badly misunderstood, and led to grotesque consequences, including the election of Donald Trump

Corporate critics cry foul when SEC releases CEO pay data.

To put it crudely, we grew up in an era when liberals were winning the culture wars, but conservatives were winning the economic wars.

“Reports of privacy and safety violations in public restrooms, locker rooms, and changing rooms are exceedingly rare.”

Fascists did not come to power in the mid-war period by promising violence, war or concentration camps.

Nike’s Kaepernick ad continues — and tweaks — the tradition of brands commodifying politics. Kaepernick’s ad, and the message he offers, may illuminate the promise of innovative creative forms, including advertising.