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Dictators on the Skids (in 1973), Dockworkers Say No to Japan (1938), Free Speech Is the Future (1928), Not Only a Crook, but a Liar Too (1973), Three Cheers for Yellow Fever (1803), Crime Doesn't Pay (1873), Measuring Time Pays Off (1888)

A recent petition signed by nearly 900 food professionals calling for a cease-fire raises, once again, questions of contested cuisines.

There are more insights in this week’s elections than in polls about a vote that won’t happen for a year. Defense of abortion rights, legalizing marijuana, aligning with labor and saving the planet are winning issues.

Is democracy today only a matter of whites, of Westerners, and has it been completely emptied of its meaning in terms of equality?

The state’s just transition plans promised by the Energy Transition Act haven’t panned out for many workers.

The jumpy parasites have followed our ancestors around for at least 25 million years, adapting along with us through major upheavals.

Silicon chips power everything from cars and toys to phones and nukes. “Chip War,” by Chris Miller, recounts the rise of the chip industry and the outsize geopolitical implications of its ascendancy.

But Is It Truly the Arsenal of Democracy?

"We will protest till the end of our breath,” one protester tells Teen Vogue.

The data shows that 66 percent of voters—and 80 percent of Democrats—want the president to call for a cease-fire. The longer he waits, the more voters will stay home next November.