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The U.S. already spends more than the next seven countries combined on a military that is seemingly incapable of either winning or ending any of the wars it’s been engaged in since September 2001.

As we approach Super Tuesday, three numbers capture the stakes, the dynamics and the limits of the 2020 election.

...one can blame the lack of an antiwar movement in part for the failure to stop the war sooner, the price Afghanis and Americans have paid for this failure, and the ceding of credit for US withdrawal to President Trump.

As femicide continues to plague the world, we must continue to fight the systems that are complicit in their acceptance of it and for the families demanding justice for their loved ones.

There are no quick fixes to the state’s water woes – and so many impoverished residents remain exposed to unsafe water.

Containing the spread of virus requires people to stay home when they are sick. But the US remains one of the only high-income countries without federal paid sick leave. It is time for stronger public policy.

Queen Sono will gain attention for being Netflix’s first African original series. It deserves attention for breaking barriers in Netflix’s programming examining everything from Black female independence to the impact of white colonialism on Africa.

Sen. Bernie Sanders supports registered nurses in North Carolina as they work to make the union at Mission Health-HCA with National Nurses United.

When the county implemented a penny-per-ounce tax on both sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened drinks — purchases of the taxed beverages decreased by 21%, even after an adjustment for cross-border shopping.

A new Urban Institute study measures the spatial mismatch between where job seekers live and employment opportunities.