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Arkansas adopted what is by far the country’s most restrictive ban on abortion on Wednesday — at 12 weeks of pregnancy, when a fetal heartbeat can typically be detected by abdominal ultrasound.

Faced with a vote to remove her, the city's first woman leader vows to battle on

Labor Arts celebrates Women's History Month with an exhibit on women firefighters in New York City.

Alleging unpaid wages and repeated retaliation, McDonald’s workers in central Pennsylvania launched a surprise strike at 11 this morning. The strikers are student guest workers from Latin America and Asia, brought to the United States under the controversial J-1 cultural exchange visa program. Their employer is one of the thousands of McDonald’s franchisees with whom the company contracts to run its ubiquitous stores.

Historian Mark Solomon looks at the prospects for a new socialist left.

Student guest workers from Asia and Latin America stage strike at McDonald's in central Pennsylvania.