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What it’s like to watch a movie in which your greatest fears are played for giggles. - Monica Castillo

An estimated quarter of a billion workers in India went on strike today, protesting the government of Narendra Modi’s racist and “anti-people,” “anti-worker” policies.

In these efforts to oppose war and Islamophobia, it’s important to not leave a large group of people behind: veterans and active-duty soldiers.

Concerned citizens should provide their local elected representatives with examples of pesticide reduction policies that have been successful elsewhere and ask them to pass and implement such a policy locally.

McDonald’s came to play a growing role in black communities, offering not only food and jobs but also sponsorships ranging from funds for the local Little League team to grants for the N.A.A.C.P.

The Democrats are the through-line in U.S. political history, which is the first reason we need to understand them. A second reason is that figuring out the left’s relationship to the Democratic Party is crucial for left strategy today.

Addameer has hard evidence on the crimes of torture and ill-treatment committed against a number of detainees held at interrogation centers since late August 2019.

Blood type is dictated by genes that determine which kinds of molecules, called oligosaccharides, are found on the surface of your red blood cells. Norovirus and a few other viruses use these oligosaccharides to grab onto and infect intestinal cells

After the fall of the Soviet Union, the U.S. is returning to its post-World War II U.S. vision of a Pax Americana. This is embedded in its nuclear doctrine, its strategic vision of controlling all theaters of war.