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Hey, look it over—public ownership is the most effective way to fix America’s economy.

The Internet as a toy with a tin ear and a wooden tongue.

Varamo is the latest novel-in-translation from Argentina’s slipperiest living writer.

What we lost in Iraq and Washington between 2009 and 2012.

The use of food as a weapon during World War II.

In less than two years, Athens has changed from a reasonably prosperous capital to a broken city.

The transition to a low-carbon future is ambitious and, so far, has been remarkably smooth.

How US counterterrorism operations ignited an Islamist uprising.

The Pentagon’s Afghan basing plans for prisons, drones and black ops.

Impoverished by NAFTA, residents of Veracruz crossed the border to work in Smithfield’s Tar Heel slaughterhouse. Now, they're condemned as “illegals.”