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Paramount’s purchase of Warner Bros. would be a huge blow to filmmakers and film lovers alike.

The governor and City Council speaker need to let Zohran Mamdani govern on all the things he ran on.

A history of the Voting Rights Act, as the US Supreme Court demolishes a provision that prevented racial discrimination.

This book, says reviewer Silverstein, "is written for this moment. More than translating Bundist theory from Yiddish," he adds, author Crabapple "puts it into the language of today’s left."

Things to remember and celebrate this May Day

The demonstrations in Ireland still show how small-scale protests driven by economic malaise can get national attention and prompt change.

Machiavelli argued that it is better to be feared than loved. Donald Trump fails at both internationally—and it makes him dangerous.

Or to ever hold another one again.

As war in Iran upends fuel markets, two new reports confirm that 2025 was a banner year for renewables.

The bad and the beautiful