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The industry sees its employees like it sees the Earth: Just another resource to exploit.

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont calls out the hypocrisy of so-called “deficit hawks” in a December 16 op-ed for the Washington Post, noting how inconsistent they can be.

Trump trafficks in anti-Semitic stereotypes. To Trump, Jews—including American Jews, some of whom vote for him—are alien beings whom he associates with the state of Israel.

Indigenous leaders and environmentalists blasted the United Nations for marginalizing civil society groups over two weeks of negotiations at the climate summit, while welcoming polluters.

For family coverage, the average premium was $20,843, equivalent to $10 per hour worked for a full-time worker—just two dollars less per hour than California’s current $12 minimum wage for employers with more than 25 workers.

High-interest loan companies are using Utah’s small claims courts to arrest borrowers and take their bail money. Technically, the warrants are issued for missing court hearings. For many, that’s a distinction without a difference.

At the same moment that Trump was riding his horse Xenophobe through a narrow passageway in the Electoral College to the presidency, California elected only Democrats..., extended progressive tax revenues and ...locked out anti-immigrant policy...

Trump’s executive order will greatly exacerbate this repression with the intention of shutting down all campus activism for Palestinian rights, as promised by his campaign prior to his election.

What Trump’s defenders miss: impeachment only works when it’s partisan.

In Schleuss’s view, there is no substitute for “members standing up in the newsroom, arm in arm,” as LA Times staffers did during their three-year struggle for union representation and a first contract covering 475 workers