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Teachers in Hungary went on strike, even though striking is illegal, in protest against educational reforms. Teachers claim the reforms are hurting educational quality and disadvantaged students, and giving teachers less freedom to do their jobs. The strike has garnered popular support and may lead to a general strike, mobilizing large numbers of people who are dissatisfied with the government and who are pushing for greater economic and social justice.

Even when writers explain how working-class whites’ “racial fears and anxieties” are based in their deteriorating living standards and working conditions, they inadvertently deploy the bigot-class framework.

The specter of biological warfare, and the fate of Philip and Elizabeth’s daughter, plunge the FX spy drama deeper into darkness.

An analysis focusing on his opinions in cases involving the NLRB reveals one particular theme: agency deference. This deference to the NLRB has had favorable consequences for labor and unions.

Poet Tony Hoagland skims the skin of everyday capitalism for the rich and the poor.

"Letters from Langston: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Red Scare and Beyond" is both a compilation of an intriguing exchange of letters among five heroic African Americans and a loving tribute to the letter writers from the daughters of four of the writers: Evelyn Louise Crawford and MaryLouise Patterson.

Union members from across the country have donated time and resources to Flint -- helping provide a sense of humanity to a community that needs it. The one-two punch of auto plants moving to places like Mexico, combined with the further economic damage of the Great Recession, means that this city which once had a population of 200,000 now has half that number, 40% of whom live at or below the poverty level.

President Lee Saunders, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, congratulates Secretary Hillary Clinton on her victories in Ohio, Illinois, North Carolina and Florida.

President Lee Saunders, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, statement congratulating Secretary Hillary Clinton on her victories in Ohio, Illinois, North Carolina and Florida.

In this new book, Thomas Frank offers an analysis of today's Democratic Party that should serve as a cautionary tale for its supporters in this election year. Writing from the United Kingdom, Adam Barnett offers an appraisal of Frank's findings.