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While her contributions to feminism are widely appreciated, bell hooks also published groundbreaking work on film, the visual arts, education, and a host of other subjects. She helped shape the modern U.S. cultural landscape.

Kellogg's Strikers Want a Clear Path Out of Two-Tier, Set in Stone

Becky Pringle, the country’s top Black labor leader, has plunged the National Education Association into the reckoning unfolding in public schools.

Top 1.0% of earners see wages up 179% since 1979 while share of wages for bottom 90% hits new low

The Federal Housing Administration, created in 1934 during the New Deal, forced newly built suburbs to be racially exclusive through guaranteeing whites-only mortgages. This, and subsequent policies, were major drivers of racial wealth disparity.

New attacks on press freedom, and new tech twists for 2022

This year could be different.  As the awards race heats up and smaller accolades roll in, there are multiple queer film contenders in almost every big category.

The historian has been at the forefront of telling the lost stories of U.S. radicalism—in comic book form—for nearly two decades.

One in 20 respondents—representing 12.7 million people—said a friend or family member died over the past year after not receiving treatment because they couldn't afford it.