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Surge in Sudan, purge in UK, African solidarity with US protests, and more

In this essay, Tim Whitmarsh challenges what most of us were taught, and what we think we know, about the Ancient world and the idea of "race."

Many citizens appalled by Donald Trump’s handling of coronavirus crisis, study finds

"The Palestinian struggle today is not just about fighting annexation, which we must continue to do. It is about dismantling the entire system of apartheid."

If federal unemployment benefits are not extended when they expire next month, millions of households will be facing both steep rent and unemployment with no assistance. And that means mass evictions.

Intentional voter suppression and unintentional suppression of the vote will collide in November.

After more than a decade of fighting for the right to bargain for better pay, California child care providers have started voting on whether to unionize.

"I stand with Black Lives Matter but still, as I watched the obligatory scene of Vietnamese soldiers getting shot and killed for the thousandth time, I thought: Does it make any difference if politically conscious Black men kill us?"

Facebook ad boycott, the threat of facial recognition tech, and more

Federal officials rapidly closed many complaints without issuing citations, raising new questions over government inaction