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Our visual system sometimes sacrifices accuracy for the sake of a smooth visual experience of the world around us.

The latest in our series of writers unearthing forgotten movies highlights a moving documentary about a jazz musician killed in his prime.

In the context of the stymied efforts to expand Medicare at the national level, state efforts show where the real action is. There the terrain for winning universal, publicly-financed comprehensive healthcare looks increasingly favorable.

A newly released report revealed that throughout the 30-year conflict in Northern Ireland the British military and police, waged a “dirty war.” They used tactics developed in anti-colonial wars in Kenya, Malaysia, Aden and Oman.

Seminal work by scholar and future politician Eric Williams, rejected 80 years ago, to be republished in Britain.

SINTTIA’s victory is a shot in the arm for the independent union movement in Mexico; the vote was closely followed domestically and internationally.

Gas wars in Europe are very much a part of the larger geostrategic battle being waged by the US using the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Ukraine.

The anniversary of the election insurrection evokes memories of anger and simplicity; are we more prepared?

The wealth workers should have received, had wages kept up with productivity, was instead given to shareholders.

Washington and its allies have argued that sanctions are a necessary response to Taliban human rights abuses. But it’s the people, especially the poorest, who pay the price. How many women and girls should be sacrificed to punish the Taliban?