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Jenny Farrell discusses one of the great working class novels in English literature, a literary exposure of the 'Great Money Trick' - the exploitation inherent in capitalism.

A museum exhibit about successful protests in Washington DC during the civil rights era defending neighborhoods from "urban renewal" projects is really raising a question: Do people have a right to the city?

August 6 and August 9 were the dates of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In an article written in June during a visit to Hirsohima, Vijay Prashad writes of the legacy of that tragedy and the continuing struggle for peace and disarmament.

ICE depends on a lot of people's work, not just its agents'. Software engineers and flight attendants who took a stand added their efforts to a national push that got the Trump administration to suspend its family separation policy

Brazil Elections, London Fascists Attack, Uprising in Jordan, Venezuelan Campesinos March, Iraqi Oil Union Leads, #MeToo in China

The city’s Countering Violent Extremism program is drawing fire from many quarters.

Medicaid authorities have launched a new attack on unions serving home healthcare workers. Make no mistake: This is nothing but another step in a 40-year attack on public employee unions.

In some U.S. metro areas, rents for low-income residents have increased by more than 40 percent since 2011, new data shows

When 1,800 nurses and technical staff struck for better wages July 12-13 at the University of Vermont Medical Center, they weren't just calling for raises for themselves. They’re also calling for a $15 minimum wage or their nonunion co-workers

The passivity toward nuclear weapons, of which the former defense secretary spoke, is being defied across the world. After a decade of global organizing by peace and social movement, 122 countries agreed in 2017 to adopt a ban on nuclear weapons.