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We need to build a far-reaching global mass movement to defeat the authoritarian, neo-fascist threat to democratic rights and a better, more egalitarian future.

Putin says he’ll do whatever it takes in Ukraine. Biden is warning of “Armageddon.” Sixty years after the U.S.–Soviet standoff over Cuba, why is nuclear war still an ever-present worry?

Daniel Foote, the former special envoy to Haiti, has offered scorching criticism of plans to meddle in the ongoing democratic crisis that has gripped the nation.

Backed by faith communities, the housing justice movement is racking up wins against landlords and banks profiting off of what should be a human right.

Don’t Worry Darling and Barbarian want us to remember gender is scary.

Snowflake, Los Espookys, and other media breakthroughs you should know about

Leading unions will strike for higher salaries and against government requisitions of oil installations, in their biggest challenge yet to President Macron.

Huge scale of human-driven loss of species demands urgent action, say world’s leading scientists

Recent calls to prohibit the study of race and racism in public schools would have dismayed Till-Mobley, who died in 2003. It’s more reason to remember her insistence that Till’s story be used to educate, even when some consider it controversial.

Thomas Downing’s Oyster House opened in 1825 in the heart of the financial district. Not only did Downing turn oysters into a delicacy, but he was also the first to dish out fine dining.