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A plume of smoke rises above the rooftops after a military strike in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday. Credit: Vahid Salemi/AP US and Israeli military strikes against Iran that killed several of the country’s ...

A woman on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington holds a billowing "Black Lives Matter" flag. Credit: Alex Brandon/AP Just a few years ago, historian and activist Ibram X. Kendi seemed to be ...

“I think right now, the Trump regime has decided it has enough of the levers of power that they don’t need to have public support anymore,” says Jason Stanley, author of How Fascism Works and a ...

The growth of crypto—decentralized digital currency that doesn’t rely on the backing of a bank or government—is one of the most transformative financial developments of the 21st century. And yet ...

This week, President Donald Trump announced that his administration will remove homeless encampments from Washington, DC. It came at a press conference in which he declared a public safety emergency ...

Earlier this year, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that it was moving the hands of the Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds before midnight, a symbolic hour signifying global catastrophe. The ...

President Donald Trump’s second term has swung a wrecking ball at diversity, equity, and inclusion policies and programs throughout the country. Few writers seem better suited to explain this unique ...

Student demonstrators in Katy, Texas, protest the school district’s transgender policy that allowed staff to ignore students’ requests to use specific pronouns. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle ...

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