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Starbucks baristas in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood voted Monday to unionize, becoming the giant coffee chain’s first Maryland workers to organize amid a fast-growing national movement. The vote was 14-0.

The package, negotiated by the Democrats - Gov. Kathy Hochul, and have super-majorities in the two houses of the Legislature, includes massive education aid to localities, significant increases in funding for child care and public universities....

Today in Guatemala there are sustained attacks on judicial independence and threats against human rights defenders. But after waiting nearly four decades, the families of the victims of wartime atrocities demand their day in court.

Russia’s war in Ukraine has reawakened fears about the bomb—and endangered the principle of deterrence.

Ohlone people and owners of Cafe Ohlone, Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino, see the restaurant as an unprecedented opportunity to educate about native traditions through food.

SEIU Local 32BJ offers a case study of how unions can win, especially in the private sector which has seemed impervious to organizing.

This map will significantly shake up Florida’s congressional delegation, as it virtually guarantees that Democrats will lose three of their House seats in Florida

Thanks to YouTube, an idea discredited thousands of years ago attracts die-hards, grifters, and trolls. They even have their own convention.

A broader appeal by Question 1 in Massachusetts could have resulted in a win for nurses and patients.

We can move our country forward by moving it to the left. The Resistance and the gains in the recent elections are dramatic evidence that something fundamental is happening. Portside will continue to do our part. We ask for your help once a year.