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The Chicago Teachers Union released the following statement today regarding the passing of President Emerita Karen GJ Lewis.

In Alabama, unions gather to support workers seeking union recognition from the Earth’s largest non-union company.

On Valentine’s Day, New Yorkers will be allowed to eat inside restaurants again. We shouldn’t.

In short, ending the Muslim ban should begin a bigger process of healing the harms this long-term dehumanization has caused.

“I don’t know at what point people will simply listen to abortion advocates because we’ve been the victim of this violence for decades,” Close said.

I’ve seen how powerful talking to a voter face to face can be and how important it is to reach out to people in person. I worry that too many of us think a campaign can be won on advertising and the power of a sound political platform alone.

How the National Security State Has Come to Dominate a "Civilian" Government

Under the current system, “the lungs of the Earth are being plowed up and bulldozed to plant more corn and soybeans so that more animals can be raised in confinement.” "Farmers need to follow the lead of India’s farmers and make our voices heard.”

Thomas Eric Duncan was a victim of a broken system. Why would the hospital would send home a patient with a 103-degree fever and stomach pains who had recently been in Liberia?. Inside story from some registered nurses at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas who have familiarity with what occurred - following the positive Ebola infection of first the late Thomas Eric Duncan and then a registered nurse who cared for him Nina Pham.

A student-led movement is seeking to `open' a prominent U.S. Jewish campus group to a broader range of voices, and it's gaining ground. Last weekend, Open Hillel will seek to model an inclusive Jewish community that embraces marginalized voices. The treatment of and solidarity with Palestinians has now become the civil rights issue of the day for modern Jews, especially younger Jews who will be here long after the older post-Holocaust generation has moved on...