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The former president wants to expand the use of the death penalty, and expand the federal government's options for carrying out death sentences.

Glaxo says the heartburn drug doesn’t cause tumors. But the company was warned by its own scientists and independent researchers about the potential danger.

"Young people in the U.S. are collectively experiencing a level of distress that calls on us to act," reads the study.

Sander van der Linden, described as Cambridge’s professor of ‘defence against the dark arts’, wants to make us immune from disinformation

Alex Ross on the scholars mapping the international precursors of Nazism.

To mummify their dead, the Ancient Egyptians needed to acquire exotic ingredients from faraway places.

INTRODUCTION: ‘I realized early on I had two jobs’ The end of the long inquiry into whether Donald Trump was colluding with Russia came in July 2019, when Robert Mueller III, the special counsel, took seven, sometimes painful, hours to essentially say no. “Holy shit, Bob Mueller is not going to do it,” is how […]

“Every day, capitalism proves that it is absolutely indifferent to human flourishing,” says author China Miéville.

Twitter’s pseudo-democracy has failed to live up to its grand ideals, but the dream of a digital town square lives on.

Elon Musk's changes have been most destabilizing to the very people who made the platform's unique culture.

Twitter power users say they’ve noticed technical glitches, increased harassment and radio silence from the company.

Recent research makes it clear that any amount of drinking can be detrimental. Here’s why you may want to cut down on your consumption beyond Dry January.

Food bank usage is expected to see a 60 per cent increase in 2023, according to a new report from food rescue organization Second Harvest. A number of factors are driving the increased demand, including inflation and wages that aren’t keeping up with the cost of living.

“For the first time since before the Civil War, a fascist party has taken control of the House of Representatives. (I define a party as fascist if it

The dismal reality is that green energy will save not the complex web of life on Earth but the particular way of life of one domineering species.

A 2016 issue erupted into full-fledged scandal during Trump’s presidency

Last week, Joe Biden announced executive action to forgive up to $20,000 of debt and end predatory interest for millions of Americans. In response, many Republican leaders, like Tate Reeves, the governor of Mississippi, attacked gender studies majors: Today Biden will announce that welders, plumber...

Republicans have spent generations gutting investments in public universities, and students are worse off for it.

The US spent six decades losing the climate war as fossil fuel companies spread misinformation. It has finally gained significant ground

The best hope of averting climate disaster may well be wealth taxes that significantly reduce the wealth and power of the superrich.

What if a movement designed to do the maximum good for the most people actually helped a few people get very rich?

Mr. Musk, Twitter’s new owner, had given employees a Thursday deadline to decide whether to leave or stay “to build a breakthrough Twitter 2.0.”

Concerns grow over a rise in trustee candidates campaigning on “anti-woke” platforms aimed at rolling back sex education and equity initiatives in schools.

The Right’s claims about the country aren’t just wrong, they’re often downright goofy. But conservatives' complete disconnect from reality is nowhere near enough to dislodge them from power.

A student-led group in Virginia promised to protect trans kids. That sparked a massive right-wing freakout

If the court upholds the rogue ‘Independent State Legislature’ theory, it would put the US squarely on the path to authoritarianism