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And the president is again trying to gaslight the public.

Economists greatly underestimate the price tag on harsher weather and higher seas. Why is that?

Study reveals rampant racism in decision-making software used by US hospitals — and highlights ways to correct it.

Perhaps the most salient point about witch trials is gender. Witch trials weren’t just about baseless accusations. They were also about a justice system that escalated local grievances to capital offenses and targeted a subjugated group.

In their home countries, European companies respect workers’ organizing and bargaining rights and commit themselves to international core labor standards. But they do not always live up to these global standards in their Southern U.S. operations.

If Americans needed any further proof that Donald Trump’s toxic presidency has corroded the Republican Party beyond recognition, Rep. Matt Gaetz just proved the argument in grand fashion.

Chile has been gripped by a nationwide movement against high living costs and inequality. A 30 peso fare increase was the last straw after all the other abuses of this neoliberal economic and social model. We saw what happened in Ecuador...

From Debs to Sanders to Ocasio-Cortez, an ideal persists. If Sanders actually makes it to the White House, then he’ll be able to continue this work from the summit of American politics. If he doesn’t, then unlike Debs, he’ll have a natural successor.

Of the two New Deals -- the one from the 1930s and today’s Green one -- only the first was treated in its time as a response to the economic equivalent of a category five hurricane.