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The African American perfectionists offered “faith” instead of “hope”—emphasizing the struggle to realize a vision of justice rather than passive assurance that it would prevail.

An essential primer on humanity’s ongoing quest to understand the secrets of life

Loosely based on the 2005 film, the new Mr. & Mrs. Smith TV reboot uses the action-comedy genre to represent how impossible life is for so many people today, with two misfit unemployables turning to assassin work out of desperation.

Across Europe, platform workers have won a series of court cases ruling that they are employees, not self-employed. Moves for new EU-wide legislation have faced serious resistance from lobbyists but now look set to deliver some new protections.

The movement to save democracy from threats is too quick to overlook the problems that have been present since the founding.

Police are investigating the assault as a potential hate crime as advocates call for local leaders to back a ceasefire in Gaza.

The Woody Guthrie Museum has done a public service spotlighting Ochs’s career. Phil Ochs’s biting commentaries remain resonant in an era where the U.S. government provokes wars overseas and sends young men to fight and die on dubious grounds.

Pickets extended all the way from New Jersey to Spokane, Washington

Conservatives are launching a new battle to destroy what’s left of the Voting Rights Act.

Victory over climate deniers sends a strong message in defense of climate science and scientists.