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Mano Dura Comes to Costa Rica

On Sunday, February 1, Costa Ricans went to the polls to elect a new president and fifty-seven members of congress. The election, which was...

At NYC’s Richest Hospital, 4,200 Nurses Are Still on Strike

The largest and longest nurses’ strike in the city’s history is continuing at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) after nurses there decisively rejected the hospital chain’s...

Trump Is Using Mexico’s Oil to Put the Squeeze on Cuba

In the days following the US abduction of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro on January 3, Donald Trump wasted little time in extending the threat...

Denmark’s Generous Childcare and Parental Leave Policies Erase 80 Percent of the ‘Motherhood Penalty’ for Working Moms

Denmark’s expansive public benefits dramatically blunt—but don’t fully eliminate—the long-term economic costs of motherhood. Originally published by The Conversation. ...

There Is Still No Ceasefire in Sight for the People of Gaza

Yara HawariThe US announced phase two of the ceasefire mid-January. The reality is that most of the goals that were supposed to have been...

Fox cheers Trump’s repeal of the EPA endangerment finding — a move that could cost thousands of lives and billions of dollars in health...

On February 12, the Trump administration finalized repeal of the endangerment finding – the landmark legal determination that protected Americans by limiting greenhouse gases and...

New study shows immigration has a positive impact on government budgets, countering right-wing media claims that immigrants drain the economy

An updated study from the Cato Institute conclusively demonstrated that immigrants to the United States, no matter their legal status or skill level, have...

The Next Phase of the Abortion Wars: Targeting Pills, Helpers and Patients

Four years after Dobbs, state lawmakers are shifting from outright bans to a sweeping strategy of lawsuits, criminal penalties and cross-state battles...

Mark Zuckerberg Wanted to Keep in Touch With Jeffrey Epstein

Among many others, there are three themes that run through the Jeffrey Epstein disclosures released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) recently: that the...

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