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A win for trans rights... in Montana!

Black Bag is being hailed by critics as highly sophisticated cinematic fare — rather than an unambitious rush job by a talented director eager to move on to his next, similarly unsatisfying project.

The riskiest course is to stay the course.

New poll also shows that a significant share of Americans will avoid companies that drop social-inclusion policies

A Brand-New Protest Format Catches on in a Very Big Way (1965), Wasn’t That a Time? Yes, It Sure Was (1995), A Catchy Name for a Rotten Program (1950), Texas Racists Throw the Book at Student Protesters (1960)

Gavin Newsom's effort to go upside-down has harmed his public standing. The upside of his venture is that provides, in hard numbers and immediate practical implications, a lesson for Democrats.

Whether it supports the production of wine or cheese, terroir is a “particularly French conception of cultural territory” says historian Tamara L. Whited.

The riskiest course is to stay the course.

Combining the wisdom of experience with the energy of youth can create powerful, lasting change.

This year marks the 500th anniversary of the German Peasants’ War, the largest European uprising before the French Revolution, in which peasants seized upon the radical implications of Martin Luther’s theology to challenge a hierarchical social order