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This first novel by famed essayist Coates explores the world of slavery and abolition. The author "re-creates the world of the pre-Civil War South," says reviewer Fear, "with a journalist’s eye and ear for detail."

A group of Google contractors who hold college degrees, get paid as little as $40,000 a year, and don’t receive sick days voted to unionize on Tuesday.

'Where is My Roy Cohn?' the new documentary about Cohn's life and circle is a study in complicity.

Corporate media; Climate coverage; Bernie factchecking; Busting ICE; Mass media shapes South Africa; Targeting Jews; Twitter vs Cuba

How can a 16-year-old girl in plaits, dedicated to trying to save the planet, inspire such incandescent rage?

Like racist mass murders at home, drone attacks killing dozens of civilians at a time are only possible because of a culture of dehumanization.

Mr. Sanders is embracing an idea at the center of Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign. His proposal goes further in who would be taxed and how much money would be raised.

Worker Rights are Shaping up a Key Issue in 2020. Who Has the Best Ideas?

US sanctions are killing ordinary Iranians by the thousands. Through its control over the world banking system, America’s sanctioning power flouts international human rights law and poses a threat to the world.

This fall, the food film festival circuit features many aspects of the food system and the people behind the scenes.