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Scientists are calling for a global effort to protect vegetable biodiversity as traditional varieties and wild relatives disappear.

Die Linke surges past the SPD in polls as it battles austerity and the far-right—and names the genocide in Gaza.

Since the 19th century, the choice between independence and incorporation into the US has been a central issue for Puerto Rican politics. Support for the left-wing Puerto Rico Independence Party is now surging among the country’s youth.

Towering woodlands in the West are being permanently replaced by tracts of spiky shrubs. Conditions “just aren’t normal anymore,” one researcher said

The 25th Knesset has now dissolved, bringing an end one of the most consequential and destructive political periods in Israel's history. As Israel heads toward elections, what has changed both in law and political culture? What can be reversed?

The Senate nominee has woefully undercooked ideas on Supreme Court reform—and that’s a problem.

Trump Asked SCOTUS to Let Him RIG the Midterms

The Trump administration is attempting to criminalize union members for organizing against its immigration crackdown in Minnesota earlier this year. That’s because it correctly sees labor as a threat to its authoritarian designs.

Mississippi has the highest poverty rate in the U.S., and is a “right-to-work” state with only 4 percent of its workers in unions. But since July 13, Highway 80 near Jackson has been lined by chanting picketers. They’re on strike at JTRAN

The first Middle Eastern woman nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series says "this is the kind of role I would want to be nominated for."