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Electricity bills are rising, and data centers are getting the blame. But for 50 years, the American grid absorbed loads this large while real prices fell. The difference between then and now? Deregulated markets.

Trump boasts about billions from Venezuelan oil, but lawmakers are still fighting to learn where the money is, who controls it, and who’s getting paid…

The rapper has been dumped from Ed Sheeran’s tour for saying “free Palestine.” That’s a disgrace.

Why a progressive presidential campaign could change the issues—and the constituencies—at the center of the race.

In the 1960s, Algeria became an international home for exiled artists, intellectuals and freedom fighters. Elaine Mokhtefi, who died in New York City on September 11 at age 97, met them all. Here is a 2018 review of her memoir.

New York City remains one of the most heavily unionized places in the country.

Imperialism and anti-imperialism

Rights that apply to some people are not rights. They are privileges with an expiration date, and that date moves every single time this country gets scared.

What’s needed are bold yet realistic policies that break cleanly from the corruption of the Trump years and the free-market fundamentalist era that preceded them. Righting the rules means an end to game-rigging by ruling elites ...

What does the global Greentech revolution mean for the American people? It could open new vistas of a Greentech New Deal. But as long as the US opposes rather than joining the Greentech revolution, it portends not only climate catastrophe, but econo