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Trade-offs between the human right to work and the human right to a healthy environment need to be avoided when applying "just transition" logic.

Poet Ehrhart questions how our Declaration of Independence can be true, even as the nation moved toward democracy, perhaps a warning that Constitutional originalism is equally absurd.

“Virtually everything we do is determined by politics. It’s just so important, from the smallest thing in your life to the biggest. Union people need to understand how powerful their vote is—how important their vote is.”

There were no words for what to say about the war for 19-year-old combat vets coming home in 1967. Words like post-traumatic stress, survivor guilt did not exist. This book reveals the inner world of many war veterans that home folks haven’t a clue.

This book looks at asset managers, the new capitalists that the author says "increasingly own and control our most essential physical systems and frameworks, providing the most basic means of social functioning and reproduction.”

The Virtual Union Hiring Hall is more than just a jobs board. The site shares important stats about the union difference for workers as well as basic info about what unions are and how they function.

Women in unions are paid higher wages and experience smaller wage gaps than non-unionized women. Unionized women who work full time are typically paid 19% more than women who are not in a union, resulting in them making roughly $10,000 more a year.

A portrait of the byzantine madness of America and its cold, dispassionate systems regarding the immigrant experience.

The very “choice” that Medicare Advantage is said to offer is undermining Medicare’s promise of equal and universal care for seniors.

Japanese scientist Kikunae Ikeda isolated glutamic acid, naturally present in seaweed, tomatoes, Parmesan cheese etc; he dubbed it the 5th taste: umami. His discovery, called MSG, was popular before concern arose about food additives in the 60's.