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The nation’s schools are over-criminalized and under-resourced. U.S. schools have more police on hand than support staff.

A hopeful story about the survival of independent local newspapers

The real outrage isn’t that people can get vaccinated, but that due to pharmaceutical greed and government inaction, billions of people can’t.

The train wreck that is Twitter, and other fun stuff

The July 21, 2023 theatrical release of the film Oppenheimer, focused on the life of a prominent American nuclear physicist, should help to remind us of how badly the development of modern weapons has played out for individuals and all of humanity.

Amazon is still refusing to recognize the union, much less begin negotiations. In the face of this stalemate, two approaches have emerged, and they are in conflict.

There are very good reasons the US government should forgive student loan debt — not just for the debtors themselves, but for working-class people without college degrees too.

The development of nuclear weapons had far broader consequences than the downfall of one gifted scientist.

A split over the stewardship of the union’s high-profile president, Christian Smalls, has led a rival faction to file a lawsuit seeking an election.

The Israeli army's bulldozers and airstrikes not only leveled Jenin refugee camp, but paved the way for the PA to return to the camp and reassert its influence. This is the unofficial second phase of the Jenin operation.