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It’s true that the number of uninsured Americans has dropped to an all-time low. But that fact obscures the failures of our patchwork, profit-driven health care system.

"Greenlighting the Willow Project would banish President Biden’s climate legacy to one of irreparable and downright shameful environmental destruction," said a campaigner with Friends of the Earth.

Teachers in England and Wales were among thousands of workers taking action during what was said to be the biggest strike day for a decade.

Dig a little deeper with new international theory

In a critical assessment of this new book, reviewer Draitser challenges some widely-held views and assumptions about the Russia-Ukraine war.

Austerity was once a conservative rationale for cutting spending. Now, it’s an explanation of the consequences.

Employers are using heavy-handed tactics to prevent workers from organizing, and U.S. labor union density is falling as a result.

A new manifesto calls for building "a sustainable social pact for the 21st century" in which "our rights are guaranteed, not based on our ability to pay, or on whether a system produces profit, but on whether it enables all of us to live well together in peace and equality."

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is backing a return of rent control, decades after it was banned in a state referendum. But disappointment among tenant activists raises questions about what rent control is supposed to achieve.

We live in a country where recognizing Black humanity has always been a fight.