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Hints of a previously unknown, primordial form of the substance could explain why the cosmos now seems to be expanding faster than theory predicts.

Senator Joe Manchin is already a crucial swing vote in the Democrats’ sweeping budget bill. But he will also write the details of its climate change program

Can you spot the gerrymandered districts?

The broad criminalization of Palestinian social media users occurs as Jewish Israeli extremists have been left free to incite violence on platforms in full view of authorities.

Long before the 9/11 of 20 years ago, another episode of violence took place on that day in 1851 and portended our nation’s deepest divide.

After narrowly rejecting a contract offer, the union representing 11,600 working carpenters in Washington state is set to start a strike.

The new AppleTV+ series explores an aspect of eating disorders rarely depicted on TV.

Employers are alleged to be leveraging coronavirus-induced unemployment to mount an assault on collective bargaining.

Ruth Milkman, Immigrant Labor and the New Precariat (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2020), a Review by Lola Loustaunau

Hank Aaron will be remembered for his astonishing achievements as one of the all-time great baseball players, not least because he broke Babe Ruth’s home run record. But Aaron also ceaselessly fought to defend black people in a hostile racist society