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Upheaval in Kazakhstan, strikers demand nationalization in South Africa, and more news and analysis from four continents

Does the United States have a homeland? Is it truly a nation? Or is it still just a colony that exists to exploit the homelands of other peoples?

Student Workers of Columbia - United Auto Workers Local 2110, which represent 3,000 graduate and undergraduate students, gave their tentative blessing on Friday to a new contract that raises their wages and improves their health benefits.

This action comes after a year marked by voting restrictions by state legislatures across the nation. “For New York City to do this really draws our attention to these questions: How do we think about democracy? Who’s included? Who’s excluded?"

Chip Berlet recognized the importance of studying both the religious and secular right when others on the left thought it unnecessary or even silly.

Likely to contain dozens of undiscovered species, the site is so well-preserved that the contents of fish stomachs and breathing apparatus of spiders can be seen

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and President Xi Jinping of China, meeting in a video summit, sought mutual support in their conflicts with the West but have not yet declared a formal alliance.

Omicron is inundating a health-care system that was already buckling under the cumulative toll of every previous surge.

Workers used the additional resources of the past year to demand better pay and conditions.

A ProPublica/Washington Post analysis of Facebook posts, internal company documents and interviews, provides the clearest evidence yet that the social media giant played a critical role in spreading lies that fomented the violence of Jan. 6.