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Fifty years after her discovery, the 3.2-million-year-old fossil still reigns as mother of us all. But she now has rivals

The Democratic Party cannot ignore its need for hundreds of thousands of active campaigners to turn out younger and lower income urban voters in general elections. US complicity in Gaza imperils the enthusiasm and commitment needed to defeat MAGA.

Just 116 of the nearly 7,400 state legislators -- about 2% of Democrats and 1% of Republicans -- meet the definition of working class compared with 50% of U.S. workers.

Madiba (Mandela) always considered Palestinian liberation key to achieving a just and free world for all. How can any of us speak credibly of universal human rights and the international rule of law when we permit brutality and occupation to continue

White Rural Rage has become a best-seller—and kindled an academic controversy.

A new case could decimate state-level consumer protections against predatory banking practices.

"The message of today is we are sick and tired of the greed of corporate America," Sen. Bernie Sanders said at a union rally in downtown Los Angeles.

San Francisco poet Beau Beausoleil writes a poem each day during the current war in Gaza.

The American Legislative Exchange Council is pushing a spate of anti-worker bills in states across the country—the latest in the group’s onslaught on collective bargaining rights.

Ailments of the mouth can put the body at risk for a slew of other ills. Some practitioners think dentistry should no longer be siloed.