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Federal employee unions saw an uptick in membership after the government shutdown, and the number of members has been growing consistently over the last several years.

Protesters gather in Delhi to denounce ruling overturning high court's decision in 2009 to decriminalise homosexual relations

What you won't hear about this new deal: Public workers will get eviscerated, to achieve "deficit reduction"

When voters come to understand the Third Way agenda and what it stands for, the resulting political shift could lead to corporate centrism’s “final moment” as the dominant faction of the Democratic Party.

When journalists report that a man was arrested and charged with domestic violence, it sounds far less menacing than reporting that he was arrested for beating his partner bloody or punching her until she lost consciousness.

With our inequality coming close to that of Jamaica and Argentina, as Obama pointed out in his Dec. 4 speech on inequality and social mobility, we can no longer ignore the danger it poses to our democracy and living standards.

The word “inequality” makes conservatives uncomfortable, as if it invokes class struggle, the 99 percent versus the 1. They much prefer “mobility,” which connotes a purely aspirational relationship to wealth and the wealthy.

Blame interest-rate swaps, not retirees, for the Motor City’s downfall.