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"The climate crisis, stark inequalities, conflicts and human rights violations, and the personal and economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, have put our world under greater stress than it has faced in our lifetimes."

Jayati Ghosh and João Pedro Stedile on the fierce urgency of now

The new documentary "Aftershock" tells the stories of two young women who suffered preventable deaths, and of the activists working to protect Black mothers.

Baristas nationwide are remarkably organized. Is the company’s C.E.O., Howard Schultz, using firings, store closures, and legal delays to thwart them?

Lucas Kunce, a candidate in Tuesday’s Senate primary, is running an anti-corporate campaign.

“I think that Speaker Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan will certainly contribute to the deterioration of US-China relations,” said Philip Thai, an associate professor of history and Asian studies at Northeastern University.

Mike Davis is still a damn good storyteller.

A newly organized reform movement turned the convention into a rowdy debate that, for moments, even overruled the top union leaders. Again and again, members of the Unite All Workers for Democracy reform caucus (UAWD) and other delegates gathered the numbers to put their issues on the convention floor.

Anti-abortion rights legislators have a money trail

Some hospitals are opening child care centers to help retain nurses and other staff.