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After a flop film, Philip Pullman’s trilogy of novels have now been made into a BBC/HBO TV series – and its fairytale story could not be more relevant to 2019, writes David Jesudason.

By deporting the whistleblower and witness to the New Orleans hotel collapse, the Trump administration runs roughshod over common sense.

Is eight hours really the ultimate truth? I believe people deserve to spend more time with their families, loved ones, hobbies and other aspects of life, such as culture. This could be the next step for us in working life.

Decolonization and the pursuit of a more egalitarian international order.

At the Jefferson School students were expected to study Marxism and to take that education into the street in mass actions including protests, and political organizing. This mission resonated with Du Bois’ goal to create inter-racial solidarity.

The Trump administration has diminished the role of science in federal policymaking while halting or disrupting research projects nationwide. The effects, experts say, could reverberate for years.

Racial and economic justice is necessary due to Maryland’s legacy of facilitating and advancing racism for the benefit of a few at the expense of the whole. With greater commitment, the state can correct for what occurred under the color of law.

Ten years ago, water activist Mariano Abarca was murdered in Chiapas. Since then, conditions have gotten worse. To mark the anniversary and continued struggle, his life was honored by a presentation of an environmental defense award in his honor.

Africa 2019: a year of revolutions, internet shutdowns, massive tree planting; a year of migration, feminist uprisings, and jailed journalists; of cyclones, climate change, and opposition rising, a year of cultural icons dying, illness, and cures.

Since the War on Terror was launched 18 years ago, it has spread to 80 countries, yet the full the full consequences of America’s forever wars remain only partially known, including the hidden costs of war to the young, both here and abroad.