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The late New Yorker staff writer focused on divided selves and the complexity of relationships. Adept with the power of words, she was unsentimental about them, writing as if one could say something crushing without leaving that person crushed.

Massive new projects have had significant benefits, but, in many cases, they have also divided existing communities, often in ways that exacerbated racial and class inequities.

Mexico's midterm elections reflected left-wing president AMLO's high personal approval ratings — but also brought setbacks for his Morena party. For enduring social change, Morena has to build a member-led organization rooted in local communities.

Homicides were up across the US in 2020 and appeared to be primarily driven by rising gun violence, but other crimes fell

Economists are grappling with how much to blame bias or a changing economy for the widening wage gap over the last 40 years.

This new book explores the coalition aspect of King's politics, through which he pursued his broader vision of social and economic equality.

The Municipal Labor Committee, which bargains for health care for city unions, has been engaging in backdoor negotiations with the city, resulting in a proposal to switch nearly a quarter-million people from Medicare to privately administered plans.

New horizons in urban organizing for democratic power

A task force is exploring how to boost union organizing and clout. Talks have included leveraging federal purchasing to steer agency contracts to companies with unionized labor or that otherwise promote workers’ rights.

Studies have reported a link between staffing shortages and higher rates of hospital-acquired infections.