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Are media owners surrendering press freedom?

A favorite film at the Toronto International Film Festival this year was by far M - Son of the Century directed by the talented UK filmmaker Joe Wright. It’s actually an Italian TV mini-series about the founder of fascism himself, Benito Mussolini.

The country is now free, yet some remain trapped in the past

That we don't know the answer to this question is the first problem that must be addressed.

Health insurance companies are a center-piece in a deeply corrupt, inhumane, and deleterious health system that allows business people to reap lofty profits even if it brings premature death, disability, and pain onto millions of families every day.

The series of open letters from human rights activists and former corrections officials aligned with a larger push from Democrats for sweeping clemency action for those in prison.

Trump’s NLRB will likely be filled with lawyers from the union-busting world hell-bent on rolling back workers’ gains.

While so many Americans struggle to get by, the US is spending record-breaking amounts of money on the military

Between 2015 to 2023 laws were enacted guaranteeing support to victims of violence and to families of victims of femicide; training on gender and violence was made mandatory. President Javier Milei has mounted a full-scale attack against these gains.

The upcoming revision of U. S. Dietary Guidelines is unfolding amid a shifting global sentiment toward drinking. Members of Congress are calling for a suspension of a controversial committee that could recommend Americans reduce alcohol consumption.