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The plug door that ripped off an Alaska Airlines plane only exists because of cost-cutting production techniques to facilitate cramming more passengers into the cabin.

Guardian analysis finds top recipients of pro-Israel contributions in last elections were centrist Democrats who defeated progressives in primaries

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" Wouldn’t people have understood precisely who he was?  The answer is simple:  Yes, they understood who he was, and they did not care--until two things happened. First, he fell out of style. And second, the brutality of the man became undeniable."

Academics decry algorithmic monitoring of workers and call for stronger standards – but U.S. unions have been slow to act.

Prior to 2001, U.S. Wars were financed through a mixture of higher taxes and budget cuts, and funded mostly through the regular defense budget. The post 9-11 war funding pattern was completely different.

A year after a mob stormed Brazil’s capital, January 8 is now a date to commemorate democracy’s survival.

Massachusetts voters approved an additional tax on incomes of more than a million dollars. At least a billion extra dollars will support transportation and education projects this year.

Saying that Israel must be democratic and Jewish is like saying the United States must be democratic and white or democratic and Christian.