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European multinationals have brought major investments to southern U.S. states, but they do not always bring the labor rights standards they abide by in their home countries.

The wage hike will affect "contract workers" who now get lower pay for longer hours

The debate over Medicare-for-All’s financing ignores the costs of the alternatives — and the status quo under Trump.

In the three years since Trump turned Michigan red, education has emerged as a potent political issue in the state, thanks to a steady stream of grim studies and embarrassing news stories.

Here is a book that talks about the link between climate change and armed conflict. As reviewer Horgan points out: "The global cooperation we need to solve global warming can also help us solve war."

Furious mass protests in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe, election news with left parties in play, and more!

A new collective bargaining law--supported by the Koch brothers’ Americans for Prosperity--requires local unions to prove they represent a majority of the teachers in their districts. The measuring stick? At least half of all employees eligible to be in the union must be paying dues.

Love, Simon is remarkable in that it is the first film from a major studio, in this case 20th Century Fox, about a same-sex romance.

After waging an ill-advised war of choice in Iraq, the U.S. military remains ensnared in Greater Mesopotamia.

Meeting in Chicago on Friday, March 9, the UE General Executive Board issued the following statement on President Trump's announcement about steel and aluminum tariffs.