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In his caustic critique of identity politics, Williams ends up condemning every kind of collective action.

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani (D-Queens) Monday morning to discuss Mamdani’s plans for free, universal childcare at the District Council 37 union headquarters in downtown Manhattan.

Democracy is messy

"When governments can unilaterally shut down access to war zones," the petitioners warn, "they undermine the very foundation of democracy: press freedom as a check on power."

Of course this gerrymandering plan is about keeping power. But it’s about keeping power to a specific end: to pass laws people hate and block ones they want.

The new party announced by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana shows that Gaza has become a key fault line in British politics. Keir Starmer’s Labour Party can no longer rely on silencing the Left.

The Trump administration has asked NASA employees to draw up plans to end at least two major satellite missions. They are the only two federal satellite missions that were designed and built specifically to monitor planet-warming greenhouse gases.

Trump’s “populist” policy is backed by the National Restaurant Association—probably because it won’t stop establishments from paying servers below the minimum wage.

Ari Aster’s new film, Eddington, pulls no punches against the Right or the Left. Yet its message is anything but moderate.

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