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In the nation’s second-most unionized state, support from organized labor can often make or break a candidate for top elected office.

From his debut film about the ‘criminally insane’ to Ex Libris, his latest documentary on the New York Public Library, the award-winning octogenarian is as committed to fighting injustice as ever – especially in the era of Trump.

Workers at the Union Electric Steel plant in Valparaiso ended their strike after securing raises in a new four-year contract.

Photographer David Bacon shares stunning images of farmworkers harvesting cabbage the old-fashioned way, and writes that the ubiquitous if undervalued vegetable is actually a shared cultural touchstone.

Socialist New York State Senate candidate Julia Salazar on electoral politics, the Democratic Party, and why strikes matter.

A small group of workers at retailer Target Corporation is demanding accountability from local store managers in the Baltimore area, highlighting issues of discrimination and fair scheduling that affect retail workers nationwide.

“The Question” was a defining moment both within the show and in animated television at large.

US and China impose tit-for-tat tariffs as fears grow over damage to global economy

Seattle poet Jed Myers puts himself in the shoes of a Mexican father as two men plan to cross international borders.

Two books posit the BDS movement fighting Israeli aggression against Palestinians as the worthy extension of more than a century of opposition to white supremacy, colonialism, and the kindred pariah status Jews suffered under European fascism.