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By examining scientific papers, correspondence between naturalists, and the records of slaving companies, historians are now seeing new connections between science and slavery and piecing together just how deeply intertwined they were.

The momentous 2019 election battles will be over on April 2, but the struggle for the heart and soul of Chicago, for a “freedom city,” will continue.

There is still more evidence that women, ascendant in politics & the workplace, are scoring important economic wins

Humphreys County, Mississippi -- an odd place for the IRS to hunt tax cheats. A rural county in the Mississippi Delta known for catfish farms, more than a third of its mostly African American residents are below the poverty line

Building a single-payer system is hard, but not impossible. Just ask Saskatchewan.

NCAA athletes should be allowed to unionize their teams and fight for their own rights.

At its best, crime drama does not simply try to terrify us with pure unblinking evil but gives us studies of dysfunctional human beings mangled by capitalism, argues Sofie Mason

Support is growing for a referendum on whether to ban large landlords from the German capital and turn their property into social housing stock.

A strategic focus on uniting the working class doesn’t mean marginalizing the struggle against racism and sexism.

The three-year tentative contract agreement ensures pay hikes, cheaper health care and other financial gains for the workers represented by the UIC Graduate Employees Organization.