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We Don’t Need Another Oil Pipeline

The fight over a northern Minnesota pipeline project could have global repercussions.

Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.

The Post Office could offer simple, honest banking, including checking and savings accounts, consumer loans, and low-fee debit cards.

With the Afghanistan War finally ending, we shouldn’t squander our “peace dividend” on costly weapons or military bloat.

A new congressional resolution asserts it’s not only possible to end poverty, but morally necessary.

The pandemic struggles of many Asian Americans have been grossly overlooked.

Opponents of critical race theory don’t want us to ask what we can learn from the past. But that’s the whole point of studying history.

It’s getting hot out there for big oil.

Many essential workers still aren’t vaccinated. It’s not because they don’t want to be — it’s because they can’t get time off work.

Fast food depends on low wages and high turnover. That’s not just wrong, new research says — it’s lousy for business.