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Mass Protests Bring Togo to the Brink of Ending 50 Years of Dictatorship
A coalition of opposition parties are calling for the cancellation of elections on December 20.
He Said He’d Be Murdered If Deported. He Was.
More than 60 people have been killed or harmed after being deported.
Federal Court’s Affordable Care Act Ruling Bolsters Case for Medicare for All
The ongoing court battles over the law are likely to proceed eventually to the Supreme Court.
Should Plant-Based Proteins Be Called “Meat”?
The word is at the center of a linguistic and legal battle between producers of beef and plant-based alternatives.
“Alexa, Drop a Bomb”: Amazon Wants in on US Warfare
The acquisitive impulses of hundreds of millions could become the stuff of their imprisonment or death.
The Troubling Link Between Attacks on Immigrants and Labor Activists
The targeting of immigrants has almost always been tied to wider attacks on labor movements and civil liberties.
Facing 17 Ethics Investigations, Ryan Zinke Set to Resign
President Donald Trump announced Zinke's impending departure in a tweet Saturday morning.
Wall Street, Banks and Angry Citizens: The Inequality Gap Is Growing
In today's global economy, financial security is increasingly the property of the 1 percent.
Senators Press for Expanded Probe of FEMA Over Hurricane Maria
The Trump administration’s spectacular incompetence in Puerto Rico hasn’t attracted an adequate level of scrutiny.
There’s a Hunger Crisis in North Carolina
All kinds of people in North Carolina — children, adults and seniors — face food insecurity and hunger.