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On “Repeal Day,” remember that the war against alcohol was ultimately a war against political corruption and unbridled capitalism.

Meriam-Webster’s Word of the Year is “gaslighting.” The latest perfume that smells like old books. What Siri might have been like in the 1970s. The creepy world of Victorian Christmas Cards. E Ink-based playing cards in search of a game. A father photoshops the real world to resemble his child’s drawings. Graphene is going to be tested on the moon. “Apple Health, but for dogs.” In the 16th century, you could sue animals. The James Webb Space Telescope watches galaxies collide. Coming...

By Yongchang Chin (Bloomberg) Oil tumbled to the lowest level since December as a wave of unrest in China punished risk assets and clouded the outlook for energy demand, adding to the stresses...

Discover the forgotten heroes who fought for food safety at the turn of the 20th century. Unusual experiments and tireless advocacy led by a government chemist changed the way Americans thought about food, health and consumer safety forever.

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

For decades, workers of color have been segregated into more dangerous jobs and been pressured to accept more risky assignments than their white counterparts.

The historian, whose new book is “Silent Spring Revolution,” would also invite E.O. Wilson and Rachel Carson: “We could talk about the 11,000 bird species the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is helping to conserve in the face of climate change.”

and thank you so much for joining us tonight. what a beautiful night huh on behalf of all of us at the locally based independently owned bookstore books and books in miami, florida. its my pleasure to welcome you to an evening with donald cohen and mayor daniela levine cava to discuss this wonderful book. its called the privatization of everything how the plunder of public goods transformed america and how we can fight back and its published by the new press. donald cohen, the coauthor...

In something reminiscent of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, slaughterhouses in Nebraska and Minnesota have been exposed for using children as overnight s

For decades, workers of color have been segregated into more dangerous jobs and been pressured to accept more risky assignments than their white counterparts.