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Former congressman and presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich learned early in his career the old adage that the “duty of youth is to challenge corruption.”
In 1985 Bryan Stanley killed three men. In an attempt at redemption, he has spent decades fighting against the odds to create the first national park in Wisconsin.
Everywhere is Disneyland now.
Even as Democrats struggle to pass federal voting legislation, activists fight to prevent Republican states from passing bills to restrict voting access.
Clean water is a human right. It is also an investment for the capital class, which is buying water rights in the West.
A look at how the unraveling of Bill Gates’s private life may reveal public malfeasance — some of which may even affect public health.
With recent oil-drilling decisions, Biden gives good news and bad news to environmentalists. We explain how he’s playing the long game.
How Will Trump’s Insurrection End — Or Will It?
Why is conservative comedy such a rarity in the entertainment world?
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Texas Democrats stalled a restrictive voting bill from becoming law, in an echo of their previous performances starring Wendy Davis.