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From child labor to trafficking—and even foster care, sports, and detention—institutions meant to protect children often cause the greatest harm.

Researchers say disproportionate growth in low- and middle-income countries highlights urgent need for equitable cancer control.

A white Confederate general can learn from experience that it does society better to recognize the equality of minority races.

In the hours after Charlie Kirk was killed at a Utah campus, President Donald Trump blamed the “radical left” and vowed retribution—just as a Colorado high school shooting left three teens in critical condition. Progressive leaders condemned Kirk’s murder and warned against inflaming tensions while data show extremist violence is overwhelmingly right-wing.

The gross inequality of wealth and income in the United States and the global exposure of billionaires’ power over government.

Trump’s nominees are backed by major players in the world of climate obstruction – from Project 2025 and Koch network fixtures to oil-soaked Christian nationalists.

Can you even imagine it? Well, lets try.

So kudos to today’s rightwing bellicosity for making clear the U.S. unilaterally wields deadly, rapacious power, whether sensible or stupid or gratuitous.

We need to prioritize the needs of the people over the profits of the elite.

Press freedom and civil liberties groups warn that loosening media consolidation rules would further erode independent news, local coverage, and democratic accountability.