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The popularity of coconut and particularly coconut oil has soared because of touted health benefits. By contrast, some believe it to a totally unhealthy dietary choice.

As we approach the ten year anniversary of the great recession, leading economists talk about where the next crisis might come from. Workers bear the brunt of crises, but they also could be the cause that provokes the system to falter.

A federal judge in Washington has struck down keys parts of President Trump's executive orders that would have made it easier to fire federal employees.

This is why it’s important to have multiple creators of color across multiple networks.

But Republicans Won’t Let Them Have It

The award-winning poet Camille T. Dungy captures a specific, amazing moment when a stranger suddenly realizes the price of racism.

In Ling Ma's debut novel Severance, a radically understated post-apocalyptic novel about boredom, the apocalypse looks a lot like another day at the office.

Prior to the introduction of an increased minimum wage in Ontario, the business community spread fear that unemployment would rise. Instead the rate has hit an 18-year low. Next time business cries wolf, workers should just pushback harder.

As the Trump administration cracks down on undocumented immigrants, it’s urgent for worker centers and unions to organize to defend immigrant members.

This book, says reviewer Renaud, "fits squarely within a left tradition that highlights Marxism’s method rather than its dogmatic prescriptions," in trying to come to terms with today's insurgent, left-oriented social movements.