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The most dangerous thing about Alligator Alcatraz isn’t the alligators. It’s the message...

Move comes after rightwing Republican accuses New York City mayoral candidate of concealing support for ‘terrorism’

Israeli troops were ordered to kill starving, unarmed civilians who were trying to get food for their families.

The latest installment of the 28 Days Later franchise returns with more than zombies — it explores the strange new norms that follow collapse. It’s a vision of survival horror that focuses not just on the infected but on the ways humanity adapts.

Switching gears

If Thomas Friedman’s fairytale world of light-versus-darkness were to evaporate, less noble motives for U.S. and Israeli actions might be revealed.

SCOTUS stripped federal judges of their authority to protect people throughout the US when the president breaks the law.

In a public letter, employees of the Environmental Protection Agency accused the administration of engaging in unlawful partisan activity and endangering public health.

Inspiration and results, together again.

AFSCME District Council 33, which represents thousands of city workers, including trash collectors and police dispatchers, is walking off the job after negotiations didn't end in a deal. The union last went on a strike in 1986.