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Fresh hell on the media front

The war in Iran is testing the operating principle that has guided Trump for decades: construct a narrative, declare it to be true and relentlessly force the world to submit to it

Many Roots of ‘We Shall Overcome’ (1946), Union Wins Big at Ford (1941), Learning from a Riot (1936), Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? (1966), When Anti-Apartheid Actions Made a Difference (1986), Boston Splits Over Fugitive Slave Act (1851)

The members of No Tech For Apartheid (NOTA) advocate for their companies (mainly Google and Amazon) to divest from Israel, ICE, and military contracts.

An exhibition in Ibadan recovers Nigeria’s buried history of activism, raising urgent questions about access, erasure, and whether archives can inspire new political action.

Dolores Huerta has long been a champion for women using their voices to speak truth to power. But her silence on Cesar Chavez is a reminder of the stakes for women in movements.

Repression on campus is back in a big way, as readers far beyond the classroom know today. The saga of the Cold War years, once seemingly distant, now has lessons that we ignore to our peril.

Hybrid foods may deliver the taste and texture consumers crave while reducing the carbon footprint.

Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice sit down with theoretical physicist Katherine Freese to tackle fan questions about dark matter, dark energy, and the dark universe at large.

Shift seen away from from traveling to states with legal abortion in favor of telehealth and mail-order pills