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"Right, because the U.S. occupation of Iraq is certainly the best-case scenario for Gaza today," one critic quipped.

The Legend of Ochi, a new A24 family film, combines live action, CGI, and old-fashioned puppetry to charming effect.

ICE is reading from an old textbook

The importance of progressive populism

A former oversight staffer on how to generate attention from Capitol Hill for working-class issues

Christopher Hill’s work on 17th-century England has been remarkably influential. In books like The World Turned Upside Down, he recovered the history of vanquished radicals like the Levellers and the Diggers and linked them to our own time.

The Antisemitism Awareness Act has never been about countering antisemitism or protecting Jewish students from discrimination; it is about silencing pro-Palestine students and protecting the Israeli government from criticism.

AFL-CIO President Liz Schuler condemned President Donald Trump's deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and described the unlawful overreach as an attack on all workers.

Study found prices are skyrocketing across the board. From 2020 to 2025, the inflation rate in the United States rose by 22%; however the average price increase at 16 popular chain restaurants was nearly twice as high, at 42%.

Western donors are cutting budgets, but the aid model they built—rooted in control and dependency —still shapes Africa’s development. As aid shrinks, the work ahead is not just to survive the cuts, but also to refuse the system that made them matter.