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Striking nurses in the Stanford health care system Palo Alto, Calif., are seeking pay raises, along with bonuses and mental support.

The strategic goal of "weakening Russia" is playing with fire—even nuclear fire—and to allow the war to go on indefinitely, or to escalate, at the expense of the Ukrainian people is cruel, dangerous, and unacceptable.

Review of Maha Hilal’s “Innocent Until Proven Muslim." The author lays bare the War on Terror’s toll on constitutional rights and marginalized communities.

How holding out for the common good led to the longest strike of 2021

With a new federal indictment, the United States is finally turning on a former political ally, acknowledging that Juan Orlando Hernández’s ran a narco state. What took so long?

Winner at the Venice film festival, Audrey Diwan’s film, "Happening", captures the panic of an unwanted pregnancy before the legalization of abortion in provincial France.

States battle over abortion rights, and the Amazonization of work

How Radical Gardeners Took Back New York City. Mdou Moctar | Chismiten. “Takeover”: New Doc Chronicles Historic 1970 Young Lords Occupation of Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx. Is Most Published Research Wrong? Jordan Klepper Solves Guns.

Rich Americans pay only about 2 percent on inherited fortunes, “less than one-seventh the average tax rate on income from work and savings.”

Scientists are asking a lot of questions about Covid-19 booster shots, but they don’t yet have many answers. Here’s what they know so far.