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Though little remembered now, at the turn of the 20th century Cleveland’s socialists heroically fought Samuel Gompers for leadership of the American Federation of Labor — putting forward a revolutionary alternative to Gompers’s conservative unionism.

Host Jesse Watters says Trump’s offer to Americans if Republicans retain Congress is ‘an enticement’, not a bribe.

A new survey of 6,100 voters finds that persuadable voters respond to plain talk about rent, groceries, and corruption — and tune out when Democrats lecture them about who’s dividing them.

The World Cup and its aftermath made clear that Fifa needs independent oversight by governments and NGOs dedicated to preserving the people’s game.

Cleaning work is often called low-skilled, perhaps because it’s usually done by low-waged women. .

Steelworks 80, a planned steel expansion that brought workers to northern Sweden, was derailed by a global downturn. .

Keeping people in charge means little if supercomputers determine the evidence, choices and time on which their decisions depend.

Over the past quarter-century, the US supreme court has repeatedly failed to protect first amendment rights. We are suffering the consequences.

Hollywood’s unions fight for tax credits and jobs but not for the movies themselves. .

The reluctance of later administrations to repudiate Bush-era torture and endless detention laid the groundwork for recent violence.

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party styles itself as populist and anti-elite. .

The Trump administration wants a feel-good version of American history. That is not a feature of a democratic system.

Nobody seems to care anymore about the fears and threats that originally motivated the war on terror. .

The US president is ever more wayward – and has little interest in defending Europe. The constitution may hold him to account, but we can’t wait.

Americans’ muted reaction to the quarter-century anniversary of 9/11 reveals a waning zeal for the American imperial project. .

The president’s chaotic schemes of aggrandizement, from Venezuela to Iran, have no larger rationale.

Anti-Muslim sentiment is used as a political weapon. Meanwhile, Muslim American leaders are making a difference for all.

One Nation and the AfD may not look the same, but they are singing from the same song sheet - and both have had recent electoral success.

Without laws requiring transparency or a right of review, our human rights will be rationed away by algorithmic and automated decision-making tools.

People making a living from being funny should be exempt from the beauty rules the rest of society plays by.

The tapestry is drawing crowds to the British Museum – and each person who sees it will draw a different meaning from this epic, vivid artwork.

This week’s move suggests that, even in the age of Trump, Britain will once again have an ‘ethical dimension’ to its foreign policy. That’s good for the world .

Climate integrity means being honest about the gap between emissions reduced on paper and emissions reduced in the atmosphere.

For now, it is Palestinians who are being killed and displaced. But ideologies of supremacy and domination threaten us all.

If the monarch thought his sniffy letter would put Harry and Meghan at a disadvantage, he doesn’t understand how the celebrity world works.

AI agents have hacked databases and taken on a life of their own – now is the time to pause risky research before it is too late.

Donald Trump and the Republicans want you to be terrified of socialists. .

At American universities, nap pods and meditation apps paper over backbreaking workloads. .

Art critic, novelist, Marxist, lover, exile, storyteller: John Berger resisted every easy definition. .

Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri’s Empire became a campus sensation because it offered a master theory for globalization at a moment when old Marxist categories seemed exhausted. .

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For Olivia Reingold, one of the most prominent and prolific contributors to The Free Press, defending Israel takes priority over the facts.

After the scandals of Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022, FIFA hoped North America would offer a less political World Cup. .

Under Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s national cinema was gutted, censored, and left for dead. .

K-pop has reoriented the global music landscape — often at the expense of its stars.

Don’t let the baby boomers moderate the Beatles’ politics. .

The United States hasn’t just ignored the threat of climate change at home; it has used its military and financial might to accelerate environmental destruction around the world. .

Ninety years after the original Nye Committee exposed the arms industry’s corruption, the Pentagon and its contractors are bigger, richer, and more unaccountable than ever.

The president’s latest warning barely registered, written off as typical behavior. But the threats have real-world consequences.

The more defense secretary Pete Hegseth tries to flex his manly strength, the wimpier he looks.

The president apparently plans to focus on the person he most admires – himself – even if Republicans would rather he didn’t.

Clancy’s case became a referendum on mothers, healthcare and the status of women.

My parents’ generation may have been on to something when they railed against gambling. If only George Santos had listened.

Todd Blanche’s remarks are part of a totally-not-invented moral panic that stretches the limits of the imagination.

Christa Pike’s planned execution is emblematic of America’s broken death penalty system.

The activist made the movement mainstream – and became a receptacle for its hopes and disappointments.

The trillions in tax cuts going to the rich and corporations could have instead been used to address the affordability crisis.

Ben-Gvir did not come into power in a vacuum: he was helped into his position by an international community that has afforded Israel complete impunity.

The US president’s need to assert dominance is igniting patriotism abroad and a backlash at home.

The president’s call for the FCC to scrutinize Kristen Welker’s innocuous remarks is a sign of desperation.

The far-right provocateur helped galvanize a movement that no longer needs him. Now his imitators are claiming victory.

Public lands belong to all of us. No one should plunder those lands for profit.

The US president seized a nation’s natural wealth in a modern-day version of gunboat diplomacy to feed his ego – not to lower Americans’ fuel bills.

The president’s deportation machine is creating a class of people inside the US who have fewer protections against the power of the state.

New child safety measures are welcome, but the wider risks posed by these platforms remain unaddressed .

The British Museum’s landmark cultural exchange is a symbol of post-Brexit rapprochement between Britain and France.