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Is It Socialism Or Just Common Sense?

Inequality has destroyed the American Dream. It’s no wonder many Americans want something different. By:…

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We are hardwired to sing − and it’s good for us, too

Gospel choir director Clyde Lawrence performs at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on…

  • Retrospective

Why Socialism

by Albert Einstein Albert Einstein is the world-famous physicist. This article was originally published in the…

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The ancient Irish get far too much credit for Halloween

The Celtic festival of Samhain celebrates a time of year when the division between Earth…

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NYC Delivery Workers Report Staggering Rates of Injury, Mental Health Issues

A new report by the CUNY School of Public Health is the first comprehensive look…

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Moral distress: for primary care doctors, ‘doing the right thing’ can feel impossible

Getty Images James Greenslade-Yeats, Auckland University of Technology and Tago Mharapara, Auckland University of Technology…

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When that man is dead and gone

By: Irving Berlin Irving Berlin aboard the battleship USS Arkansas, July 25, 1944. U.S. Government photograph.…

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Brazil creates four Amazon reserves as plans to pave rainforest highway advance

​By: Bobbybascomb September 22, 2026 The Brazilian government has created four new sustainable development reserves…

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‘They know the house they are bombing is full of children’: NAZA’s directors on their devastating film about Israeli intelligence

by: Xan Brooks September 11, 2026 ‘It’s easier to kill people when you’re doing it…

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America’s air monitors are disappearing. So is your power to expose polluters.

Across several states, a quiet chemical industry campaign is making it harder to hold polluters…

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ICE Treatment of Transgender Women Reversing Years-Long Practices

Women said they face harassment and lack proper medical care. By Beth Schwartzapfel September 12,…

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Listening for schizophrenia: How AI could help with early diagnosis

The speech of people with schizophrenia sounds subtly different from their healthy counterparts. Can AI…

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Why working‑class people account for around 1% of lawmakers in the US – and only 2% in the average democracy around the world

Troy Jackson, the Democratic nominee in Maine’s U.S. Senate race, greets a supporter on July…

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Labor unions are growing, but where depends on state politics

by Kevin Hardy, Stateline September 4, 2026 Labor union membership continues to climb in the…