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Schools, shops, banks and Iceland's famous swimming pools shut on Tuesday as women in the volcanic island nation – including the prime minister – went on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence.

Led by labor-backed mayor Brandon Johnson, Chicago could become the first big city in the US to open a publicly owned grocery store.

From The Host to Kingdom, Korean filmmakers have used the horror genre as a vehicle for political critique and reached a huge global audience. They’re building on a long international tradition of socially conscious scare stories.

UAW President Shawn Fain announced a deal with Ford. The contract gains are substantial.

The poet Naomi Shihab Nye expresses a child’s sense of helplessness, trapped by politics and war.

Dozens of parking lots have opened across the country for working people who can afford a car but not rent.

The auto industry negotiations UAW and Unifor are engaged in are distinct and complex. Ultimately, autoworkers in Canada and the US are fighting for the same things: fairness, job security, and respect after the sacrifices of the last brutal years.

Increased labor militancy after pandemic sacrifices and a tighter labor market contributed to impressive contract deals in the last year

Top UAW officials told local union leaders Wednesday evening by phone that the union has a potential deal with Ford Motor Co. to end the strike.

In a new biography, the Velvet Underground front man embodies a New York that exists only in memory.