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The decision of the Noboa government to hand over these islands goes against what the Ecuadorian people decided in the referendum to approve the Constitution in 2008 regarding military bases.

A new study is “a bit of a counterweight to the endless hyperbole about how incredibly complex and powerful the human brain is,” one researcher said.

A dispatch from the pivotal Game 11 in Singapore that helped make Gukesh Dommaraju an 18-year-old chess champion.

Donald Trump is signaling that he will attempt a coup before even taking office. It's going to take all of our strategizing and mobilizing to defeat it ... again. Portside will be there every day, and we’re asking you to help. Here’s how.

Can He Manage U.S.-China Relations Without Precipitating World War III?

In Soldiers and Kings, Jason De León uses the anthropological method of “deep hanging out” to offer a complicated portrait of migrant smugglers.

This a radio program recorded in the 1940s in which Woody Guthrie sings accompanied in that performance by Sonny Terry on harmonica, Pete Seeger on banjo and Cisco Houston on guitar, they sing the chorus together. Also, two short videos with Pete.

Ben Whishaw is Keira Knightley’s gay bestie in pulpy Netflix thriller Black Doves but he’s playing more than mere sassy sidekick

Judge says coffee giant has no standing in appeal of NLRB finding that it fired two workers for trying to unionize

Karen Silkwood died in 1974 while trying to expose dangerous conditions in her workplace. Her death — and the smear campaign that followed — highlights how retaliation against whistleblowers deflects scrutiny from power by targeting the messenger.