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The social cohesion for a general strike supporting federal workers is part of America’s past, how about now?

The government shutdown dragged on for a 22nd day on Saturday, making it the longest in American history. On Friday, 800,000 federal employees went without their paychecks.

In the new Netflix show, couples learn how to tackle household tasks by 'tidying' together, a process that reveals just how gendered our domestic expectations are.

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A new history of the antebellum period shows us how remaining moderate can mean letting human rights violations drag on for far too long.

Mr. Trump’s first hire in Iowa, Chuck Laudner, was a former chief of staff to Mr. King. Mr. Trump’s first Iowa rally directly followed a visit to the Mexican border.

D.C. isn’t the only place where there’s momentum for expanding access to the ballot.

Except in the Pentagon’s Report

On toxic moral license and the mythos of male scientific genius

By romanticizing local farms and assuming that ‘local’ means ‘moral,’ many miss the fact that whether produce is sent to a giant warehouse or a ‘farm to table’ restaurant, the farmworkers are denied the protections granted all other hourly workers.