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From Brazil: Deep thoughts on electoral politics and fighting fascism

How close did the United States come to a presidential coup d’état on January 6, 2021? This is among the questions Bob Woodward and Robert Costa ask in their new book. It's a question the nation needs to ponder, as well.

This has become a common refrain among the cautious—and it’s wrong.

"President Biden has the power to remake the postal governing board and remove DeJoy. He must act."

Decarceration advocates urge lawmakers to consider sentencing reform instead as prisons have seen high rates of Covid outbreaks

An obscure and wildly consequential tax rule allows billionaires to pass vast sums of wealth down to their heirs tax-free.

These books raise questions and arguments about job satisfaction, inadequate compensation, long hours, and morally injurious employment in pre-pandemic form.

From Occupy Wall Street to DSA and from anti-vax to Lord Valdemort

Melvin Van Peebles, the filmmaker praised as the godfather of modern Black cinema and a trailblazer in American independent movies, died on Tuesday at his home in Manhattan. He was 89.

This time we can stand with Afghan women on their own terms, by asking them what they want and working hand-in-hand with them to support their leadership and meet their communities' needs.