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While ​local lawmakers obsess over how to keep Democrats in majority-Black districts from governing, their state is literally shrinking.

The Hormuz Choke Point and the Twilight of Petroleum

Keeping an eye on AI

At this point, the Devil Wears Prada franchise is a major cultural phenomenon. And The Devil Wears Prada 2 is a worthy addition, with more than a dash of topicality in its treatment of some of the bleaker aspects of contemporary existence.

How the haphazard ending to the war won’t divert from the terrible path Donald Trump has led the world down.

Disgraceful, Cruel, Iniquitous War (1846), When Klan Attacks, Where's the Cops? (1961), Picketing the White House (1966), Violence Against the Left (1966), ‘A Shame to Our Country’ (1860), Lynching News Sells Newspapers (1936), Victim-Blaming (1961)

A defensible answer might be that a society serious about equality, democracy, and the finite nature of our world will, over time, make it impossible for them to arise.

A governor-appointed state board weighs whether to ban the use of engineered stone to protect workers from a deadly lung disease.

In 1942, demand from the US military was so great that the government classified it as 'vital to the war effort.’ Today, contract processors brew roaster's beans to precise standards, freeze dry, and package it under the roaster’s own brand.

In Texas state prisons, survivors are force-fed a steady diet of Fox News and content from white Christian nationalist organizations, shaping how they understand power and the violence they have experienced.