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Nail salons and spa services are booming -- along with exploited immigrant workers, wage theft, low wages and toxic, dangerous chemicals.

Since the passage of the closed door California climate deal in late July, SCOPE has joined forces with grassroots leaders from across the state to organize town-halls, ground-truth the impacts of polluting industries in our neighborhoods, meet with legislators in Sacramento, and continue to push forward a community-led vision for transformation that starts in our own neighborhoods.

Leading neuroscientist Matthew Walker on why sleep deprivation is increasing our risk of cancer, heart attack and Alzheimer’s – and what you can do about it

There’s no entity in charge of ensuring that businesses comply with the ADA.

Trump, we will assuredly understand, is a small man with a fetish for the symbols of democracy and a bottomless hostility for the actual practice of it.

Many in Mexico think the government and political parties are hampering aid efforts.

The best way to reduce taxpayer burden in Illinois is to override Governor Rauner’s veto of the increase in the minimum wage to $15

Two unions, Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and the Motion Picture Editors Guild/IATSE Local 700 (MPEG) have announced that approximately 430 VICE Media employees have chosen to go union.

'Malcolm in the Middle' showed that the promises of neoliberalism had always been false.

After London stripped the service of its license, stories from Austin, Alaska and Denmark offer a preview of what could be next for the city’s transportation.