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Today is Tax Day, the deadline for Americans to pay their taxes. One group that won’t be paying much today: the rich, who have stashed $2 trillion in offshore tax havens.

A Review: Every Citizen a Statesman: The Dream of a Democratic Foreign Policy in the American Century, by David Allen, Harvard University Press

A new movie from the director Saim Sadiq, "Joyland", Pakisitan's 2023 Oscar entry, depicts queer love against the backdrop of a Pakistani household and feels as familiar as our families are to us here.The film follows a man who gets a job in a burlesque show and falls in love with a trans woman. Banned in Pakistan, “Joyland” earned accolades at the Cannes Film Festival.

Striking writers take on The Industry, and more news from tech and media

The Rutgers strike can’t be seen in isolation but as part of a massive national movement looking to counter the corporate takeover of higher education that’s helped to accelerate wealth inequality to historic levels.

The microbiome’s signals regulate the growth and function of energy-producing mitochondria across many cell types. The ultraprocessed foods that make up an increasing fraction of American diets can disrupt these signals.

While the farm bill may seem too dense to digest, its contents underpin the functioning of the American food and agriculture system, which directly impacts how and what we eat.

“Don’t assume that a blanket message on critical race theory or transgender issues is going to claim every district,” one GOP activist said.

Raising the retirement age isn’t just about having the “best years of retirement be stolen,” as French protesters have warned. It’s about fairness and not putting years more of the nation’s labor burden on the working class. Next time the government moves to raise the retirement age, we should follow the French example to protest and proclaim, “It’s a No.”

After the pandemic decimated the child care industry, parents are now routinely waiting years for care and doing anything they can to get off a waitlist.