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...one can blame the lack of an antiwar movement in part for the failure to stop the war sooner, the price Afghanis and Americans have paid for this failure, and the ceding of credit for US withdrawal to President Trump.

As we approach Super Tuesday, three numbers capture the stakes, the dynamics and the limits of the 2020 election.

The U.S. already spends more than the next seven countries combined on a military that is seemingly incapable of either winning or ending any of the wars it’s been engaged in since September 2001.

Food is a central focus of the MIT program; Maggie Coblentz, who leads the Space Exploration Initiative's gastronomic research argues that, as much as art or music or movement, good food will enable us to thrive as we leave Earth behind.

How much time does the measurement process take and what is the quantum state of the system at any intermediate step?

Debt’s ubiq­uity is a burden, but also an opportunity.

Vermont’s GOP governor could appoint a Republican to replace him and throw everything into disarray.

A new Urban Institute study measures the spatial mismatch between where job seekers live and employment opportunities.

When the county implemented a penny-per-ounce tax on both sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened drinks — purchases of the taxed beverages decreased by 21%, even after an adjustment for cross-border shopping.

Sen. Bernie Sanders supports registered nurses in North Carolina as they work to make the union at Mission Health-HCA with National Nurses United.