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The argument that court expansion is unconstitutional is weak, transparently political — and most importantly, wrong.

Israel has effectively made the establishment of a separate Palestinian state impossible. It’s clear what’s needed now: a single, democratic state with full rights for all people.

Brain sex differences are tiny and swamped by the much greater variance in individuals’ brain measures across the population. And the same is true for most behavioral measures.

The decline of unions and the difficulties that unions face in 2021 are not simply a result of some sort of inexorable forces, which is often how globalization and technological change are presented.

The Farm Workforce Modernization Act is the dream of the industry.

Every 10 years, a state’s population determines how many seats it gets in Congress. A small number of people can make a big difference. Here’s a look at just how many people it can take to change, or almost change, representation in Congress.

While the Panthers have become a staple of pop culture, veteran members of the group remain invisible.

In contrast to the stereotype of the union worker as a white man in a hard hat, today’s labor movement skews black, brown and female.

There's a larger issue involved in Planned Parenthood's effort to lower Sanger's profile. Where should we draw the line with regard to our progressive icons who said or did things in their day that we now find unacceptable?

"By 2030 we will be on our way to a global economy that provides a good life for all on a living planet," states the Declaration of the 2020's. "Or we will be on an irreversible path to global misery through ecological collapse."