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Elmo Fired? Why is Trump so hell bent on defunding PBS? It's part of a larger plan - one where he can control not just what we do, but what we think.

Incumbent Frey’s campaign said he’ll appeal Fateh’s Saturday victory in the party’s mayoral endorsement.

Justices Kagan, Jackson, and Sotomayor aren’t merely disagreeing with the majority’s technical readings of the law.

The fallout from the Trump payoff comes as a merger threatens the company’s integrity and A-list talent, such as Stephen Colbert, have already been sacrificed

By many estimates, the increasing use of artificial intelligence is set to produce significant job losses. The prospect of serious disruption demands that we start formulating egalitarian policy solutions right now.

In the mid-1990s Saro-Wiwa and MOSOP denounced the military junta for failing to enforce regulations on oil companies. They were given a summary trial, then rushed to the gallows.

Employers will have far less incentive to comply with an anti-wage theft law under a new Department of Labor rule.

Health insurance companies are asking state regulators to approve eye-popping rate increases nationwide — reaching 66 percent for some policies.

James Gunn’s new Superman movie, which draws an analogy between Israel and the villainous country of Boravia, demonstrates how Israel's idealized image in American culture has been shattered by the widespread acknowledgment of Palestinian oppression.

For the first time in its history, the NAACP declined to invite the sitting president. Nor was Vice President JD Vance asked to attend. The organization invited Trump to its conventions during his first term in office, which he turned down.