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Seafarers were in a precarious situation long before the COVID-19 crisis struck early this year. Many workers are now stranded on ships at sea, and others are afraid to return home for fear of losing their jobs in the future.

The world economy, to the degree it still works at all, serves to benefit the few at the expense of the many. The author of the book under review does an economic deep dive into ways that can reverse that antidemocratic equation.

Workers who encounter something that is an immediate threat to health and safety have few good choices for action.

The 1959 revolution launched a project of social justice and equity, an event that would change policies regarding gender and sexualities, among profound, radical transformations in the nation and its culture

"We will use every tool in our arsenal to block efforts aimed at discouraging participation by eligible voters this election season."

Congress boosted unemployment benefits. Now the challenge lies in getting them out to the unemployed, through underfunded state-level programs.

Just as in the Great Recession, a steep downturn in the private sector is poised to cause big job losses in state and local governments.

Journalist Lawrence Wright brings his considerable skills to bear in this novel about a pandemic, written before our current crisis erupted.

Parties and movement groups, Cuba and Vietnam, and African scholar activists face the Corona crisis