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My heart goes out to all my French friends at this cultural catastrophe. It is a great shame, however, that the loss is being commemorated in some quarters in a nativist way. The significance of Notre Dame is universal, not racial.

Inside stores, shortages are evident. Meat and produce are rapidly disappearing from shelves, and aren’t being replaced because truck drivers in the Teamsters union are refusing to cross the picket line.

Koji is a fungus believed to have been domesticated in Asia. As the spores grow, they release enzymes that break down proteins and starches into sugars. This reaction is also why koji mold is used to turn soybeans into miso, and rice into saki.

Assange's arrest, The INA Papers Scandal and the IMF deal

Although this article was published in the original Spanish version last March, now that Julian Assange is in prison the analysis in this piece on “freedom of expression” is even more valid.

Joel Jordan is a retired teacher activist who spent many years organizing with the Los Angeles teachers’ union (UTLA) before relocating to Oakland where he helps coordinate the California Alliance for Community Schools.

U.S. taxpayer funds are bankrolling the worsening human rights crisis in the Philippines. Movements are rising to shut that aid off.

The American Museum of Natural History is facing an internal insurrection — and the threat of staff resignations and boycotts — over its refusal to cancel a gala next month celebrating Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

As with many epic fantasies, the show’s heroes are framed as liberators and defenders of the common people—despite holding absolute power.

The case against the WikiLeaks founder is the justice department’s perfect vehicle to ultimately get what Trump wants. Articles from The Guardian and Al Jazeera.