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"The Last Dance" is more than just the story of a legendary basketball team. It's a broader reminder that, in America, inequality touches everything -- including sports.

Congressional Democrats must recognize that Americans want this change, and bargain hard for the $4 billion that will assure safe and fair elections.

Rather than scolding voters for wanting more options, we should put in place a more representative system.

A movie that purports to care about the environment and the future of humanity and yet seeks to undermine support for the very things we must do to save this planet, and ourselves, is worse than a disappointment. It’s reckless.

No doubt part of the reason those who used the crisis for personal gain were judged so harshly was because so many of their fellow citizens had been forced to sacrifice their lives in a battle that enriched the powerful few.

A team of scientists worked around the clock to evaluate 14 antibody tests. A few worked as advertised. Most did not.

Presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden is trying to out-hawk President Trump on China. That has three problems. It promotes bad foreign policy; it could stoke anti-Chinese racism; and, it doesn’t even make long-term sense politically.

The Covid-19 crisis has lead to a titanic drop in the demand for, and price of, oil. The resultant glut has the industry paying storage companies to take their oil. Political economist Adam Hanieh looks at what this might mean for the global economy.

As workers become increasingly concerned about workplace safety, employers have been suppressing organizing efforts

We must recognize that we live on the shoulders of ancestors who have survived through crisis and devastation. We must step up in ways that will enable history to judge this moment as not only a tragic event, but as a catalyst for a global awakening.