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Mass legislature helps, harms workers in “deal” with labor and business lobbies

Monosodium glutamate is a compound molecule in which glutamate is the amino acid responsible for the mysterious deepening of flavor. Its once-vilified reputation has been ascribed to illogic, superstition and even racism.

The Israeli forces mowing down unarmed Palestinian protesters also train U.S. police forces that brutalize communities of color.

Deplorably, legalized racial profiling continues today.

What’s the Constitution got to do with climate? Current legal cases are now addressing that question.

One of the most important elements of the Israel lobby in the United States is right-wing Evangelical backing – or Christian Zionism.

The short-term promise of easy cash can trap individuals in bad long-term conditions. This article is the third in a series about how the gig economy is shaping the future of labor and what that means for workers.

Women hold the kinds of jobs that are central to the economy and are poised to be the majority of union members by 2025. They are expanding the range of the workers’ movement’s demands and are raising expectations about our nation’s social compact.

Donald Trump and his administration are cruelly separating children from their families. But we won't allow it to continue. June 30 we're rallying in Washington DC and around the country to tell Donald Trump stop separating kids from their parents.

Felicia Langer was a Holocaust survivor, a communist, and one of the first Israeli lawyers to defend Palestinian residents of the occupied territories in the Israeli Supreme Court. She died in Germany last week.