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The 1970 murder of a U.S. police advisor in Uruguay offers lessons for police reform debates today.

What if state officials targeted people who shared an Instagram post criticizing the government for criminalizing the poor and not providing mass testing or economic relief?

At a time of pandemic-related crises all throughout our society, the crisis in childcare is particularly brutal. There’s only one solution: free public early childhood education for all.

Aleksandr Lukashenko built his dictatorship by destroying trade unions but workers are fighting back, striking and protesting along with the growing democracy movement. The new Belarus is resisting, and is asking for international support.

Arizona public school district forced to abandon plans after more than 100 teachers and staff members called in sick

The Mexican actor and director Diego Luna has persuaded experts to join him on a new TV show to talk, eat and, hopefully, examine their own beliefs and prejudices

Among the most brutal realities for Palestinians is loss of support from Arab states, who pay lip service to their own populations, while drawing closer to Israel with economic interests and Iran in mind.

US billionaires’ wealth is soaring while millions remain unemployed, creating a country with two economies and increased inequality

How the race to develop treatments and a vaccine will create a historic windfall for the industry — and everyone else will pay the price.

Political interference in the U.S. Postal Service isn't new, according to Winifred Gallagher, the author of How the Post Office Created America.