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There’s fun to be had in Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski’s satisfyingly tech-fearing adventure – but some restraint wouldn’t have gone amiss

When the media cover war

"De-Growth" Few people dare to name, let alone tackle, the real driver of climate collapse – the capitalist economy’s demand for relentless economic growth.

As a political-cultural geographer, it’s clear that the war on Iran could set into motion a regional conflagration, the violent break-up of Iran into ethnic enclaves, and a toll that would make the Iraq War look like a warm-up exercise.

The Trump administration has eliminated health care positions left vacant after a wave of resignations and retirements at the V.A. last year.

The blockade is not foreign policy. It is a blueprint. And we have seen it before.

Trump’s drive to build a network of detention centers is being met with some robust public resistance.

The Mexican Revolution inspired an extraordinary cultural efflorescence, with painting as its leading art form. The spectacular murals of Diego Rivera, inspired by Mexico’s popular history and culture, are the most remarkable legacy of that period.

The U.S. and Israel claimed Khamenei was in hiding. “This is just fabricated drama to make Trump look bigger and more dramatic than he really is,” stated a senior Iranian official. Khamenei’s secret location, it turned out, was simply his office.

Farmworkers know that consumers have no idea how much human effort it takes to get broccolini onto our dinner tables.