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The Iran conflict is testing whether Congress can still meaningfully constrain presidential war making—and what powers future presidents may inherit.

Following firings from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, workers and community members came together to create the Pittsburgh Progress.

Crackdown.” “Democratic backsliding.” “Authoritarian grip.” Why Has Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega abolished elections?

As a physician, my life’s goal is to practice medicine in a country where everyone has healthcare, everybody in and nobody out. Why not do battle with the insurance industry and their billionaire backers? There has to be a fight. Let’s have it.

The gloves are on

A trio of thrillers explore realistic dread, which manifests as reality breaking its own rules.

Why Trump will lose his war with Canada

Kaepernick Can’t be Cancelled (2016 and 2026), You Don’t Need Official Permission to Adjudicate Crimes Against Humanity (1966), You Can Trust Us, We’re Landlords (1966), Dying in the Desert? Don’t Expect any Help from ICE (2006)

The new crop of pro-worker legislators who have recently been elected at the state and local levels can pass laws that can rebuild the labor movement, even with Donald Trump as president. Here are six ways they can do it.

On a recent trip to the People’s Republic, I came face to face with cutting edge AI research—and the regime’s Orwellian surveillance tools