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Manchin’s exit should spark a bigger conversation about the corruption that’s become a defining feature of the U.S. political system.

‘Perhaps the greatest shame of the Atlantic slave trade was that it inspired no shame at all. In their own time, Britain’s slave traders were men of distinction: “worthy men, fathers of families and excellent citizens”

But elation over the approvals was tempered by concerns the breakthrough treatments may not be accessible to many sickle cell patients, both are very expensive.

Hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars have been spent on what was sold as a revolution in transparency and accountability. Instead, police departments routinely refuse to release footage — even when officers kill.

After a year of fierce battles over the judicial coup, Israel’s Supreme Court seems totally subservient to the state’s policies since Oct. 7. What's changed?

For the second time in less than two years, Chileans voted thumbs down on a new national charter, and few seem to have the energy to try again.

The new book Practical Radicals takes inspiration from successful social movements to identify tactics that pay off

No ordinary cop show, The Shield starred the LAPD’s corrupt anti-gang unit, which itself functioned and behaved like a gang. The show vividly captured the failures of American policing that would animate the George Floyd protests 20 years later.

Faced with China’s rise, Western states are turning from free trade dogmas to active industrial policies. This turn may offer opportunities for labor — but as the electric auto industry shows, it is also producing a harmful logic of national rivalri

If we don't get it together, people, things are about to get ugly. Very ugly.