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Exciting plans are under way for the Labor Fightback Conference, to be held at the Rutgers University Student Center in New Brunswick, NJ, May 10–12, 2013.

Workers walk out at some McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts, Macy's in push for higher wages, union

Though the West Chemical and Fertilizer Company hadn’t had a safety inspection since 1985 and had lied to the Environmental Protection Agency about explosives on the property, it will likely and literally get away with murder.

Femen’s April 4 protests in response to death threats against Tunisian nude blogger Amina Tyler have prompted much debate. How do we reconcile the need to defend free expression with the ambiguities of using nude women to market feminism?

In a tit-for-tat trade battle between the US and India over solar power, what is certain is that the environment will be the loser.

Breaking: 500 low-wage workers expected to stop working from a dozen chains on Wednesday morning

Most of the president's [President Obama's] words and many of his actions and policies are interpreted through the prism of race.

Brooklyn native opened Woodstock in 1969.