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The Department of Labor unveiled a bold initiative to combat the crisis by curbing exposure to silica.

Today’s inflation is driven largely by supply-side constraints, which call for supply-side solutions. Such measures would do as much to tame higher prices as limited increases in interest rates would, and they would not come at the expense of American workers and the broader economy.

An extreme embrace of the theory by the Supreme Court would hand legislatures power over every aspect of how federal elections are run, to the exclusion of not only state courts but also possibly other state actors like governors and election administrators.

The Supreme Court’s attack on abortion rights will strengthen employers seeking to maintain their unilateral power over workers within and outside the workplace. Luckily, the labor movement knows that abortion rights are workers’ rights.

This month marks the 15th anniversary of the launch of Mad Men. The show isn’t just compelling narratively and aesthetically — it also features a little remarked upon consideration of left ideas.

A robust ground game and strong climate message were critical to her primary victory over a 30-year incumbent in Ulster County, New York.

The two super-structural ideas used to justify western militarism, culturally and ideologically, are the construction of “The Other” that must be fought, and the racist supremacy used to do so. 

The burning of two Pride flags, injuring three people and destroying several homes, aims to spread fear within Baltimore's oldest queer community. Residents have come together to rebuild and establish a police-free safety plan.

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RU-486 was developed by a Jewish scientist, born Étienne Blum, in Strasbourg, France. He took the name Émile Baulieu upon joining the French Resistance. Baulieu and his invention have faced vitriolic resistance from the anti-feminist extreme right.