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A systemic look at the evolving intellectual career of New York Times economics writer and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman in his shift from herald of neoliberal globalism to an emphasis on class and the public policies that address social inequities.

From Mesopotamian irrigation to McDonalds, the bestselling food writer tells Oliver Milman that his new history of food is his most important work

Leftist lawyer Michael Tigar has spent his life in courtrooms defending a wide range of names big and small on the Left, from Vietnam War draft resisters to Bobby Seale and Angela Davis. He captures them all in a new memoir.

Human Rights Watch is the latest watchdog to accuse Israel of perpetuating a version of the racist legal system that once governed South Africa. Israel says the charge is baseless.

"Millions continue to die because pharma monopolies have created vaccine scarcity in the global south," said one public health campaigner.

The worker center movement definitely considers itself a part of the bigger-picture labor movement. Worker centers have to be a center of experimentation on how to improve working standards.

The book provides an inside look at how the terms "genocide" and "crimes against humanity" entered worldwide discourse in the wake of the Nuremberg trials.

How should we relate to working class resistance in countries with governments the US State Department has in its sights?

In March, 495,000 women entered the labor force, but the figures betray the harsher economic situation for Black women and many have dropped out altogether.

News of the World embezzles actual events to promote a favorable fictional narrative of westward expansion free from Indigenous complications.