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Many large labor unions have yet to make formal 2020 presidential endorsements.

“It took our members 10 days to bring these promises home,” CTU Vice President Stacy Davis Gates told reporters after an agreement was reached over instructional days. “But I want to tell my members: They have changed Chicago.”

"It's not for ordinary Americans, it's for the rich and powerful, and we have to find a way to stop them. And that's going to be the elections next year," said Sen. Jeff Merkley.

Statement sets out ‘vital signs’ as indicators of magnitude of the climate emergency. Most countries’ climate plans ‘totally inadequate’ – experts

As Saudi Arabia slowly backpedals, we could see an end to the Yemen war, an easing of Iran’s isolation, and a reduced role for the U.S.

Political Ads on Social Media * Tech Workers vs ICE * Facial Recognition Lawsuit * NYT Normalizes Trump * Indian American Press Joins MSM * Feds Investigate TikTok * Cryptocurrency from Russia

John Sayles on his labor-uprising masterpiece Matewan, as it enters the Criterion Collection.

The Working Families Party recently concluded their New York State convention. Zephyr Teachout, prominent Fordham law professor announced her challenge to Gov. Coumo three days before, and she received 42% of the weighted vote. Gov. Coumo tried to bully the endorsement - it didn't work. Before writing off the WFP's Cuomo endorsement as yet another capitulation, consider the concessions wrung out of him. Will he keep the promises, what happened, what next...read on.

Kids' books are missing the diversity of modern America. In children's books, it can be easier to find talking pandas than characters of color. Only 6 percent of children's books published in 2012 featured diverse characters.

The environment in Rwanda under the current government is unsafe for anyone or any party perceived to be in opposition to the regime. Defense lawyer Beth S. Lyons reports on what happens when the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) rules against Rwanda's current President Paul Kagame.