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Support is growing for a referendum on whether to ban large landlords from the German capital and turn their property into social housing stock.

A strategic focus on uniting the working class doesn’t mean marginalizing the struggle against racism and sexism.

The three-year tentative contract agreement ensures pay hikes, cheaper health care and other financial gains for the workers represented by the UIC Graduate Employees Organization.

For much of the 20th century, Milwaukee was run by socialists—and Time magazine called it “one of the best-run cities in the U.S.”

“The president will have to face the reality that Congress is no longer going to ignore its constitutional obligations when it comes to foreign policy,” said Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel of New York, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

U.S. assistance has caused great harm in Central America. But Trump’s decision to cut it off is nothing to celebrate. He seeks to deprive Central Americans of all options, suffocating legal pathways to migration, while cutting much needed resources.

A review of two important new books that tell a different story about what teachers do, what parents want and what children need.

When women are dissuaded or excluded from even a handful of opportunities, the loss to science is enormous.

South Africa witnesses what some have described as the biggest protest march since apartheid.

After my breast cancer scare and exemplary care in the UK, I’ve felt a powerful urge to shout at the Brits: Do you know what an extraordinary health system you have?