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The state raised the minimum wage for fast-food workers—and employment kept rising. So why has the law been proclaimed a failure?

James Mangold’s biopic "A Complete Unknown" follows the rise of the era-defining star Bob Dylan with Chalamet brilliantly embodying his shapeshifting allure.

Don’t worry, the president-elect's plans to seize Greenland and the Panama Canal aren't serious. But they sure are weird.

Here’s what scientists know about consciousness in these unique creatures

Over the course of her campaign, with all the wrong people in her ear, Kamala Harris rejected the type of economic populism that could have salvaged last month’s elections.

"The biggest problem with regulated capitalism is that it is simply not sustainable in the long run," said the economist.

How strong is the First Amendment?

No Free Speech on Christmas (1919), Killing Babies Is the Ugliest War Crime (1969), Can the Media Help Defend Democracy Again? (1974), Young Lords Speak Truth to Power (1969), A Highway to Nowhere (1949), Russia’s Leader for 25 Years (since 1999)

As HUD secretary, Scott Turner would oversee billions in housing aid, but as a Texas state legislator he voted against protections for poor tenants and has called government assistance “one of the most destructive things for the family.”