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The labor movement has suffered constant attacks and a demoralizing decline. But labor unions were in bad shape in the 1920s and came back. What can we learn from history?

Led by people directly impacted by imprisonment, organizations in California have been building on the growing national momentum to end the money bail system.

The problem facing working people in the U.S. is not just lack of jobs, but lack of good jobs. UE's Director of Communications takes a look at what kinds of policies produce good jobs, UE's history of fighting for good jobs and a democratic economy,

VC-backed startups are commodifying need and undermining food banks and CSAs while they're at it. It's a market solution disguised as activism.

Californians are ready to fight to reclaim over $11 billion robbed every year from schools and local communities, shaping a new legacy of investment in the people of California.

Whether the boats arrive on the Gaza coast or are hijacked by the Israeli navy, it makes little difference.

A recent presidential export policy directive, in fact, specifically instructs American diplomats to put special effort into promoting arms sales, effectively turning them into agents for the country’s largest weapons makers.

Outsourcing government not only leads to poor services -- it's killing the middle class, an expert tells Salon

“Previously you had individual ‘mom and pop’ landlords, but now you have companies that have large portfolios that span multiple states – [will] the systems that they are putting in place [...] be able to keep up?” -- Sarah Edelman, policy analyst at the Center for American Progress

True, the neo-Nazis and immigrant bashers will make a lot of noise, but they offer nothing but hate as an economic solution. The left has a better one, and they are back.