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Keira Knightley plays a British intelligence officer turned whistle-blower who tried to stop the 2003 invasion of Iraq

The history of our Universe is written in the skies. Examining ancient signals from the dawn of time, radio astronomers can reconstruct the evolution of the Universe.

At over $60 billion being scammed away from the public, they were the biggest fraud in history. Yes, even bigger than Theranos.

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in New York City on Wednesday after sailing across the Atlantic Ocean to call attention to the need for quick action to save the planet.

We are facing an emergency resulting from our toxic economic and political system. The way we relate to each other and to nature is destroying Earth’s capacity to sustain life.

Donald Trump sits for an interview and then is serenaded by Randy Rainbow

John Oliver discusses the roles that gender and racial bias can play in medical treatment.

After an episode of Netflix’s hit show ‘Orange Is The New Black” featuring inmates talking about a real-life helpline offered by a group giving legal advice to immigrants, ICE shut it down. Christina Fialho, Co-founder of “Freedom for Immigrants”, the group behind the helpline says the hotline it has been running for six years and offers ‘people in immigration detention a free connection to the outside world.’

Raising the minimum wage doesn’t have to be so hard.

Prelude: a generation before Woodstock (1953) D.A. Pennebaker's short first film created the visual accompaniment to Duke Ellington's Take the A Train. The music without lyrics and documentary without narrator broke ground by allowing a people's activity to speak for itself.