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An internet urban legend, now a hit horror movie, shows the vast, meaningless maze behind modern life.

These weapons buy deterrence. Beyond that: nothing. A new Congress can start examining some of the Pentagon’s requests that involve nuclear weapons—and start canceling them.

CIA’s Brutal and Illegal Operation Phoenix (1971), The Class War that America Forgot (1877), Right-Wing Coup Start the Spanish Civil War (1936), U.S. Says ‘No’ to Democracy in Vietnam (1956), The Frame-Up of Alfred Dreyfus Ends at Last (1906)

The Game Changers project presents policymakers with bold, new ideas to build a stronger, fairer, greener, and more inclusive economy for all Americans. See the website (https://peri.umass.edu/gamechangers/) for more Game Changer ideas.

A Court ruled that a correlation between the rise in ultraprocessed foods and an increase in childhood diseases does not amount to causation. The dismissal is another court win for the packaged food industry.

Experts say rise in social media attacks on players such as Kylian Mbappé needs to be viewed in wider political context

How prehistory challenges fascist myths of purity, hierarchy, and identity

The path to the World Cup is accessible to only a narrow slice of American soccer players.

Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with legendary director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter David Koepp to discuss Disclosure Day, the science and psychology of alien contact, and why Spielberg believes there’s more out there than meets the eye.

Black radicals read the Declaration of Independence.