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Librarians in at least three states are asking the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to intervene after they were fired for refusing to ban books.

We must keep watching. It is only in this pain that we will charge our resolve and our power – and force America and Israel to end this bloody war

A Harvard Professor says plagiarism became a “pretext” to oust Gay, and discusses the larger right-wing war on education aimed at undoing progress on race, gender and addressing inequality.

Nearly 10 percent of cars sold in 2023 were EVs.

But first it's necessary to get around Russia's veto in the UN Security Council.

Sen. Peter Welch said U.S. weapons have "grave implications" for "the millions of civilians trapped in Gaza who had no part in the horrific slaughter of innocent Israelis on October 7th."

During World War I, Eugene V. Debs saw socialism as the “star of hope” that might redeem a world wracked by violence. Read his message of renewal as we leave a war-torn year behind and head into a new one.

The minimum wage continues to be a powerful tool for fostering economic equity and ensuring a dignified standard of living for workers across the nation.

Current lawsuits could create a framework for suing fossil fuel companies over their role in the environmental crisis