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Bolton is an old hand at using allegedly damning intelligence on Iran to advance a plan of aggressive U.S. war.

After Republicans lost their first election in 1856, the nineteenth-century Nate Silvers were happy to declare the antislavery movement a radical, fringe idea. Four years later, Abraham Lincoln won on a radical program of change.

Skyrocketing animal diversity a half-billion years ago was linked to spikes and dips in marine oxygen levels, according to a detailed geological study.

Despite huge financial losses, widespread worker anger and global strikes, investors continue to pour money into two ride-hailing companies that have never turned a profit. Because, as the magical thinking goes, soon Uber and Lyft won’t need drivers.

Jury in Boston returns verdict on John Kapoor after 15th day of deliberations.

Hobsbawm, perhaps the world’s most renowned historian, saw his political hopes crumble. He used that defeat to tell the story of our age.

Whether we’re fighting for a contract or a law, we should frame every time-related fight as part of the same vision—that workers own our time.

Larry understood that the very existence of mass transit depended on those riders who most depended on it, most often Black, Latino and immigrant workers.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was quick to condemn the move, calling it the “latest scheme by ICE to enlist local police in its abusive deportation agenda.”

Tanuja Wakefield, daughter of Indian immigrants, depicts the anguish and anger of being taunted for the color of her skin.