Sen. Dick Durbin said the fight proved “Republicans are not sensitive to health care insurance premiums and we are.” That won’t keep costs down.
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ICE is considering hiring private investigators to track down immigrants inside the United States. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has questions.
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Should deaf parents be able to select for a deaf child? On the ethics of parental choice and ‘designer babies’
- by Aeon Video
Should we simply assume that all animals can feel pain and are of moral concern? Or is that taking things too far?
- by Jeff Sebo & Andreas L Mogensen
Renaissance artists paid uncommon attention to Jesus’ nether regions. What does this breach in modesty reveal about art?
- by Sam Dresser
Some people watch history pass by. Others high in ‘historical consciousness’ truly live it – and seem to benefit as a result
- by Şebnem Ture
One woman's husband was taken from his job as an ambulance paramedic two years ago. She waited after the ceasefire, but he never came home.
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This autumn’s conference season seemed to shift the standing of most parties by less than the margin of error. Reform maintained its consistent lead over Labour, the Conservatives continued to struggle in third place, and the Liberal Democrats remained in their small-to-medium-sized comfort zone. In a notable exception to the rule, there was new impetus […]
For as long as socialism has existed in Britain, it has been defined by disagreements over the role of the state. From the early days of the Labour Party, through the post-war settlement and the rise of neoliberalism, socialists have debated whether the capitalist state could ever be used to build socialism. The issue has […]