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Trumka's death deprives the labor movement of a central figure at a time when a resurgence of union activity has brought hope of undoing the defeats of the past decade and the decline of union membership, particularly in the private sector.

New biography of Mildred Harnack, born in Milwaukee. She was a central part of the anti-Nazi resistance movement inside Nazi Germany, until her capture in 1942. Sentenced to hard labor, she was re-tried under Hitler's order, and executed.

New York Times Co. technology employees plan to walk off the job Wednesday over what they say are the newspaper publisher’s illegal efforts to stymie their unionization campaign.

Measures like those France and New York City recently instituted are an appropriate tool for preventing impending and devastating mass death.

The U.S. attacks will not stop the Taliban or end the war.

The structure of state government, with its centralized power and few ethical checks, invites scandal after scandal.

"In their assault on public education, the network has taken actions to increasingly privatize and corporatize K-12 institutions."

This new selection should help broaden reader interest in the work of this socially conscious poet.

The earth is a hot spot! News and analysis from Africa, Asia and Latin America

Pro-worker provisions introduced by Sen. Charles Schumer added to the bill include penalizing employers for interfering in union elections.