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The old world is dying. Can the new world be born?

Workers across the United States are getting a raise this week after minimum wage increases took effect across several states and localities Tuesday.

"This book is needed," writes reviewer LeBlanc. "Instead of sharing hard-and-fast edicts, the kind desired by those with a fundamentalist frame of mind, Park advocates for courage and conversation."

By passing Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, congressional Republicans have talked themselves into an incomprehensibly reckless plan.

The most dangerous thing about Alligator Alcatraz isn’t the alligators. It’s the message...

Move comes after rightwing Republican accuses New York City mayoral candidate of concealing support for ‘terrorism’

Israeli troops were ordered to kill starving, unarmed civilians who were trying to get food for their families.

The latest installment of the 28 Days Later franchise returns with more than zombies — it explores the strange new norms that follow collapse. It’s a vision of survival horror that focuses not just on the infected but on the ways humanity adapts.

Switching gears

If Thomas Friedman’s fairytale world of light-versus-darkness were to evaporate, less noble motives for U.S. and Israeli actions might be revealed.