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Author Caleb Carr's The Alienist explores the 19th century psychiatric debate between free will and determinism. TNT's nearly identical adaptation of the novel, however, comes up with a completely different conclusion.

As American families fret over a patchwork set of standards for reopening schools that vary widely by city and state, teachers unions across the country are denouncing the Trump administration’s approach.

"Better to be offended against, than to give offense to others,"

Advocates and workers say Los Angeles Apparel failed to come clean about its coronavirus outbreak, creating a climate of fear.

Germany, which is weathering the corona pandemic better than most countries, will soon face giant economic problems, with disaster threatening many citizens. Hard confrontations may well be in the offing, in the domestic and foreign spheres.

White supremacy is really what brings us all together… When we talk about anti-Semitism, when we talk about anti-Blackness, anti-immigrant, it’s all of us together fighting against the same people.

Discredited, divided, and with an election looming, Bolivian President Jeanine Añez’ coup government is peddling conspiracy theories about enemies in the media, government and civil society, all designed to widen the net of adversaries to persecute.

The reconversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque is a power move by Turkey’s Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that betrays domestic, regional and even global ambitions. Erdogan's decree strikes another major blow against a secular Turkish state.

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