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Does Amazon’s decision to leave Long Island City for expanded operations in Virginia and Tennessee help Amazon workers seeking to organize? Not one bit. Does it hurt those efforts? Probably.

This book showcases conservative and liberal movements aimed at social advocacy and change, in an effort to draw a portrait of what makes social movements effective in contemporary society.

An extensive expansion of New Jersey’s 10-year-old paid family leave program signed into law Tuesday.

Despite second consecutive year of declines, report concludes the long-term outlook for solar energy production is positive

Haiti, Climate Crusade, Venezuela, South Africa, Thailand, Mexico, Brexit x 3

World peace, “the most important topic on earth….not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women – not merely peace in our time but peace for all time.” That was 1963, the president was was John F. Kennedy. Contrast to today and the desire for ever greater stockpiles of nuclear bombs.

We may never know the name of the soldier who killed Razan al-Najjar. But we do know the names of those who gave the order enabling him to kill her. We know Razan, with her head wrapped in scarves of different colors, showing an investment of time and thought. The color reveals a love for life.

Free-market orthodoxy has failed. It’s time to consider our public interest. Europeans, Canadians and Mexicans buy more American goods and services than anyone else in the world. So why would the Trump administration be willing to start trade wars?

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The Supreme Court's Epic Systems denies workers the right under the National Labor Relations Act to challenge wage theft, racial and sexual discrimination, or other concerns. Together with the expected anti-union Janus Decision, this constitutes a one-two punch against unions and workers' rights.