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A study of poverty and drug addiction in the slums outside Madrid reveals the callous and destructive nature of the neoliberal city.

According to AFL-CIO Deputy Press Secretary John Weber, a number of former and current union members and labor organizers are currently running for seats in Congress and locally.

According to AFL-CIO Deputy Press Secretary John Weber, a number of former and current union members and labor organizers are currently running for seats in Congress.

To say that the island of 3.3 million has not yet recovered – from the damage or the trauma – is an understatement. One year after Maria, nearly every pillar of Puerto Rican society remains devastated.

Renowned social historian and scholar Nell Painter went back to school to study art after retiring from her tenured professorship. This book is the story of how she found herself anew, and what the search can teach the rest of us.

Lula's response to Court decision denying his right to run for President: "If they wish to silence our voices and defeat our project for the country, they are fooling themselves. We are still alive, in the hearts and memories of the people."

To most Americans, the best marker of a healthy economy will always be a decent-paying, full-time job. An economy only deserves celebrating when people with full-time jobs have rising paychecks. In America today, they don’t.

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Even when there are mandatory evacuation orders, many businesses insist that employees still show up for work. Many more This forces many to make an impossible choice between protecting their lives or protecting their jobs