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Congress sent $600 million to Jackson to help fix its water system. Some are warning that new legislation could funnel the money out of the city.

America’s favorite pastime is taking center stage in a new production at Chicago's Goodman Theatre. “Toni Stone” is the story of the first woman to play in baseball’s Negro Leagues.

The Last of Us director Peter Hoar wanted people to understand that queer love is real and "It's just the same love."

After fearing the National Labor Relations Board under President Donald Trump would roll back graduate students' power to unionize, campus organizers are energized under President Joe Biden.

Railroads are, like utilities, “natural monopolies.”

Specifically, the court ruled that the federal law was an “outlier that our ancestors would never have accepted” — borrowing a quote from the Bruen decision.

The rationale behind this effort—that worker rights must be eliminated to promote economic growth—relies on deeply flawed and outdated development models.

A look at U.S. border externalization, the death it has caused, and the art of negotiating and resisting borders in Maasailand.

As Canada and other foreign powers consider renewed intervention in Haiti, the history of the Ottawa Initiative offers an urgent reminder of the catastrophic consequences.

A democracy agenda that recognizes the racial elements of voter suppression and election denial is sorely needed.