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With the great frustration of politics in our times, the poet Pauletta Hansel concedes that the worst thoughts inevitably, spontaneously, come to mind.

Worley worried about the union's future: “They say 'we'll get 'em next time,'” he said, “but there may not be a next time. We lost 30,000 jobs in the last 10 years.”

In their home countries, European companies respect workers’ organizing and bargaining rights and commit themselves to international core labor standards. But they do not always live up to these global standards in their Southern U.S. operations.

A bio of Israel's first prime minister by a leading Israeli journalist views Ben Gurion as not only a committed Zionist but an early advocate of "Greater Israel" and, like those succeeding him, a steadfast enemy of rapprochement with Palestinians.

A core problem in discussions of racism IS the focus on individual attitudes rather than on structural inequities.

Here is a book that talks about the link between climate change and armed conflict. As reviewer Horgan points out: "The global cooperation we need to solve global warming can also help us solve war."

In the three years since Trump turned Michigan red, education has emerged as a potent political issue in the state, thanks to a steady stream of grim studies and embarrassing news stories.

There is no more important time for creative people in Hollywood to say NO and join the wider cultural boycott. California is one of 26 states to pass measures penalizing certain BDS activities, including blacklisiting contractors who boycott Israel.

If Kickstarter became a union company, it would be the first of the major tech companies to do so. The company has a chance to show which side it’s really on.

Although UAW leadership has encouraged the rank and file to ratify the contract, many workers are unhappy with the highlights of the proposed deal.