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An interview with historian Eric Foner about what it's like to teach the Civil War, what his experiences with teaching online have been like, and how history is made and interpreted.

The court case could pose a major threat to public-sector unions whose clout grew in the 1970s after the high court upheld laws requiring all employees who benefit from collective bargaining to contribute to the union. Although teachers and other public workers may refuse to pay dues used to support a union's political activities, they can still be forced to pay a so-called "fair share" fee that covers operation costs.

Initially facing 20 years in prison under Florida's "10-20-life" rule, Marissa Alexander's case focused national attention on the treatment of domestic abuse survivors by the justice system, particularly women of color, as well as Florida's mandatory minimum sentencing laws.

The summer of 2014, when Israel bombarded the Gaza Strip killing well over 2,000 people, was marked with a heavy sense of helplessness for Palestinians around the world. Palestinian American writer and filmmaker Hadeel Assali remembers the summer of 2014 and the making of her short film, Shuja'iyah: Land of the Brave, to shed light on the humanity and nuance of of Palestinian people and stories.

Radical Brownies; Facing reality in Davos; #BLM in Palestine; Gendered commodities; Abortion stories; Flashin’ fashions

"Bruce Rauner ran on a platform about nothing," Lewis said Monday at a City Club of Chicago luncheon. "He's wasted no time attacking the wages of working-class people, attacking their labor unions and threatening massive cuts to social service programs, which help the most vulnerable people in our state.

Go Set a Watchman, completed in the mid-50s but lost for more than half a century, was written before To Kill A Mockingbird and features Scout as an adult.

Vicente Navarro writes on the growth of Podemos and his role in shaping the party’s economic programme. He argues that the anti-austerity and pro-democracy narrative put forward by Podemos has deeply resonated with the Spanish electorate, and that the party now poses a major threat to the Spanish political establishment.

Three articles on the USW strike of oil workers at nine different refineries. This is the first big strike of oil workers in thirty years.

Despite resistance, domestic workers in Lebanon held a founding conference for a new union. Seven women, from four countries, began organizing the union in 2012. The Ministry of Labor has tried to block the union but the workers have persisted and made history.