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As communities across the world are confronting the serious toll of COVID-19..., we at Critical Resistance want to amplify the grave concerns facing the imprisoned population, which is one of the most vulnerable groups in this time.

The "new" strawberry has twice as much sugar content compared to the average American variety; it's bigger, and has an airier texture and unexposed seeds. Although it thrives in the mountains of Japan, a New Jersey farm is now growing it here.

What’s known about other diseases doesn’t offer much support for the idea that COVID-19 will suddenly disappear over the next few weeks.

Despite claims to the contrary, the Trump administration wants regime change in Iran and is risking a full-scale war in order to get it.

In the 2016 general election a full three out of four of Americans between the age of 18 and 29 said they were interested in politics.

The effects of caffeine mesh with the needs of capitalism in myriad ways.

Corporate debt among non-banks exploded to $75 trillion at the end of 2019, up from $48 trillion at the end of 2009. There is increasing alarm that companies in the energy, hospitality and auto sectors won't be able to make their bond payments.

Organizers started a union drive for flight attendants at Delta last November. Uncertainty about the pandemic is stoking a desire among workers for labor protections.

The goal of The Plot Against America isn’t to overwhelm audience members with suffering, or to shock us into action; instead, its aim is to remind us of our shared humanity and how essential it is for us to be vigilant against hatred of all kinds.

The legislation passed by the House doesn’t actually guarantee paid sick leave to most American workers.