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The year has been characterized by incredible solidarity, as Starbucks and Amazon workers challenged our conceptions of political possibility and galvanized a resurgent labor movement. It was a year of taking power to task, from the fearless Warrior Met strike to the militance of worker-led, independent union drives at Amazon, Trader Joe's and Chipotle.

Entering the year’s end, Georgia poet Alice Friman suggests how much, how little, time carries as life goes on.

Heightened rhetoric about Russia and China seeking to undermine American influence will only reinforce Washington’s support for repressive regimes. The consequences of that could, in turn, prove to be potentially disastrous.

When Russian bombs are destroying Ukrainian cities, there's reason to focus on oligarchs supporting the Kremlin. But do American multi-billionaires and Saudi princes enjoy less political clout, stash less money abroad, and use influence any better?

Jamaica in the 18th century was described by Charles Leslie as a “constant mine, whence Britain draws prodigious riches.” More Africans arrived in Kingston to become plantation slaves than arrived in any other place in the British empire.

The father of game theory helped develop the atom bomb—and thought he could calculate when to use it.

Israel cannot wholeheartedly join sanctions against Russia or denounce its war crimes while leading a diplomatic campaign against the Palestinian-led BDSanctions Movement, or against proceedings in the International Criminal Court.

The Sacramento school district is pleading poverty in the face of demands for more student support and a pay raise to keep up with inflation. Teachers and school workers aren’t buying the district’s excuses and now they’re on strike to make change.

In WeCrashed, it isn’t just that the Neumanns were so charismatic or that people looked the other way. People wanted to believe in changing the world.