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Seven leaders of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO (APALA) traveled to Okinawa, October 20–24, 2019, to promote friendship between APALA and Okinawan labor and peace organizations.

Israel has demolished a record number of homes in occupied East Jerusalem in 2019, the most in the past 15 years, Israeli rights group B’Tselem reported on Thursday.

The head of Army Recruiting Command, stated that discussion of the endless wars and potential outcomes “was not really part of the discussion” recruiters are having with high schoolers. Recruiters' new niche: the national student debt crisis.

The reasons for major flows of migration to Europe actually come from... Europe itself. Those leaving war zones—Syria and Afghanistan in West Asia... also Eritrea and Libya—come in expected numbers fleeing bombs that are often produced in Europe.

Food festivals are more popular and more elaborate than ever, but what’s not apparent to ticket buyers is that their growth has often been at the expense of the restaurants and chefs they’re supposed to promote.

President Donald Trump is rewarding senators who have his back on impeachment - and sending a message to those who don't to get on board. Richard Painter, who served as George Bush's top ethics lawyer, accused Trump of bribery.

"United Goal, One Voice" is aim of partnering agreement between Kenya's metal workers union and associations of artisans and other informal workers.

Maurice (Moe) Mitchell, the National Director of the Working Families Party (WFP), talks about their recent endorsement of Elizabeth Warren, what the WFP will being doing between now and election day, and the path toward structural change.

If the Trumps are the Corleones, that makes us the marks. ILike a crime boss, Trump has emphasized loyalty above all other qualities, and his management style reflects a justifiable fear of betrayal by his subordinates.

My work as an immigrant rights activist helping asylum seekers and targeted immigrants. We help them prepare for — and we accompany them to — their deportation, detention and asylum hearings. The current success rate for asylum cases is 2%.