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A review of key ballot measures from the 2022 midterm elections

A federal judge in Florida partially blocked a law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis designed to limit the discussion of racism and privilege in schools and workplace training.

Nearly two centuries after a treaty was approved, the Cherokee Nation wants the U.S. government to abide by its commitments.

Experts say biggest economies must pledge more cuts to carbon emissions but hail agreement to set up loss and damage fund

Hugo Blick’s revelatory series is a gorgeous, glorious new take on the old west – a lawless land where no one can hear you, or anyone in your way, scream. What matters is that the dehumanization and massacres of the Native Americans, upon whose suffering the New World was built, is not forgotten but ever present.

Starbucks has undertaken an unceasing union-busting campaign since the first cafe unionized a year ago. But if the 114 cafes that saw baristas go on strike yesterday for its annual Red Cup Day are any indication, the company won’t be victorious any time soon.

It remains true today that with so much of the rental market subsidized and affordable in Vienna, there is downward pressure on rents overall . 

Defense contractors hire thousands of foreigners. Many are trapped by employment practices banned by the U.S. government.

A coalition of railroad workers unions says the biggest rail companies in the U.S. have become far too focused on profits, and is calling for public ownership of rail infrastructure across North America.

Lynd explored the biggest little secret, one people everywhere should heed: We who do the work can build a better world, and we can best do it without the parasitic Super Rich who contribute nothing and weigh us down like a monstrous ball and chain.