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On May Day, Americans were more aware of the plight of workers than at any time in decades, argues Peter Dreier.
Declassified British files show that Harold Wilson’s government secretly armed and backed Nigeria’s aggression against the secessionist region, Mark Curtis reports.
During the outbreak, the diarist was very concerned with his frame of mind; he constantly mentioned that he was trying to be in good spirits, writes Ute Lotz-Heumann.
The U.S. is trying to extradite Julian Assange to stand trial for espionage, but even though sedition is no longer on the books, that’s what the U.S. is really charging him with, says Joe Lauria.
Donald Trump is threatening the Post Office’s vital services during a pandemic in which 900 postal workers have tested positive and over 35 have died, writes Chuck Zlatkin.
Photojournalist Alyson McClaran captured the tense confrontation in a series of photos posted to social media on Sunday, reports Jake Johnson.
The lessons we learn from coronavirus will come from our experiences, not from Thucydides, but he offers a description of a city-state in crisis as poignant and powerful now, as it was in 430BC, writes Chris Mackie.
It’s time to stop pretending that we can’t create money, says Andrew Spannaus. It already happens, just not in a way that helps the majority of citizens.