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Support for unions is on the rise as workers take action to raise pay and conditions amid booming company profits.

How does what we eat affect our healthspan and longevity? The answer is unavoidably complex, according to a new study of how normal variations in dietary patterns affect human aging, longevity, and overall health.

Japanese-Americans helped launch the California tuna-canning industry—and one of America’s most beloved sandwiches.

People have wondered why the former president collected classified intel, speculating that he is just a packrat. But he has a long history of gathering and wielding sensitive info to help himself.

Our arcane districting process divides and polarizes us and has effectively extinguished competitive elections for most Americans. We urge Congress to adopt inclusive, multi-member districts with proportional representation.

The new Unicef goodwill ambassador would like to see reparations from nations most responsible for climate crisis

‘Jarring’ study reveals hiring bias at US institutions.

World chess champion Magnus Carlsen has promised to say more "very soon" on the cheating scandal rocking the game.

Is this the end of the Voting Rights Act?

W. E. B. Du Bois’s Black Reconstruction in America is one of the greatest modern studies of revolution and counterrevolution. It’s also an extraordinary example of a materialist and class analysis of race under capitalism.