Social contract theory was used to critique a form of the state, but was also used to legitimize the modern nation-state.

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Joe Biden tried to "turn the page" on Trumpism, and it failed. We need deep structural change ...

The federal government is rapidly expanding a workplace monitoring system that is raising serious concerns among labor ...

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George Soros’ Open Society Foundations pledged $300 million Wednesday to initiatives it says will defend democratic rights ...

But going back is precisely what the legislature voted to do, as Tennessee became the first of the former Confederate states ...

Ten U.S. mayors from cities such as Chicago and Cincinnati have joined a pact with European mayors to defend democracy and ...

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This is a system of ants,” Dulce Esperanza, a member of the Candelaria Heroica Commune in Caracas, Venezuela, explained to me ...