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Ideas for the present and the future from the international left, news reports, and more.

Liberator Magazine was one of the most important African American periodicals to be published in the United States during the 1960s. The book under review is the first full-length account of the life and times of this pivotal journal.

Letter from a frontline nurse in Minnesota: "I want you to politicize my death. I want you to use it as fuel to demand change in this industry, to demand protection, living wages, and safe working conditions for nurses and ALL workers."

Unless instant action is taken to reduce jail populations, a terrible price will be paid.

In Earth Day speech, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres challenges President Donald Trump on fossil fuel subsidies and climate change.

The UAW International Board Tuesday announced the unions’ endorsement of former Vice President Joe Biden for President of the United States.

Anatomy of a Trump briefing, and other hot media messes

Netflix’s documentary 'Tiger King' is the apotheosis of extreme storytelling: The more unfathomable and ethically dubious, the better.

The White House is functionally waging a war against state leadership and the initiative of local hospitals to secure what they need to provide sufficient treatment.

New data from 29 states confirm the extent of the racial disparities.