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...military and CIA drones that hover constantly over eight countries across the Greater Middle East and Africa, and regularly terrorize, maim, and kill civilians, including children, are equivalents of disturbed shooters in American schools.

Any serious social transformation will elicit a brutal response by the rulers. Again, the rulers will seek to derail the transformation.

Pro-Israel politicians don’t speak for young Jews like me. They shouldn’t pretend to.

Mathematical scientists have already come up with promising solutions, but we are concerned that the Supreme Court may not take their advice when it issues its decision in June.

It would maximize participation and broad-based appeal, and improve our democracy.

A new study says that income inequality, not historic factors, feeds the present-day gulf in wealth between white and black households.

From Kamala Harris to Lori Lightfoot, former prosecutors are rewriting their own histories to present themselves as progressive.

With a black mayor at the helm once again, it remains to be seen whether a Harold Washington-style African-American and Latino coalition can emerge to fight for socioeconomic and political parity with whites in Chicago.

Veep has, always, been chock-full of other apparent sociopaths—which is what makes the show’s resemblance to America’s actual political reality so troubling.

Sacramento City Teachers Association authorizes strike over unfair labor practices