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In his new encyclical, Pope Leo XIV revives the importance of the dignity of labor. So leave it to the pope to enliven our conversation about artificial intelligence by reviving the idea that work is intrinsic to human dignity.

The Iran War exposes how a new global catastrophe may unfold. The Iran war contains echoes of not only the Suez Moment, but of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Besides signaling to the world that US hegemony is on a downhill slide

Since October, 890 Gazans have been killed by Israeli fire despite the supposed 'cease-fire.' Forty-two of them were police officers whose job it is to maintain some semblance of order in a tormented and fractured society

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The lack of antitrust action has destroyed an iconic Wisconsin industry and the jobs of its packinghouse workers. The end of Cargill is a canary in the coal mine for the U.S. economy.

The Democratic Party cannot afford to attend to the material needs of its traditional popular base because it is terrified of offending its donor class.

In addition to losing trust in the US, Arab states are rejecting any settlement that doesn't include Palestinian self-determination.

What if court were a place that afforded someone the opportunity for a complete reset, with entryways to jobs, housing, education? What if instead of punishing people who’ve been broken many times over, we helped to heal them?

Gaza flotilla participants, both men and women, young and old, endured an endless succession of criminal actions by Israeli state security officials.

This book, argues reviewer Evans, "describes a number of attempts by ancient people to live outside of the hierarchies, polities and empires familiar from old textbooks."