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Martin Scorsese’s new film The Irishman continues Hollywood’s obsession with the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa. We’re more concerned with what happened to Teamster working conditions under his son, James P. Hoffa.

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No one is coming to save us. Mass civil disobedience is essential to force a political response

High crimes and misdemeanors of the fading American century.

Over these four decades, fires have burned on the streets of the countries that have gone to the IMF and then forced austerity upon their populations.

The government-promoted plans let employers completely off the hook and put the entire burden of retirement savings and investment management on workers. They put another nail in the coffin of traditional plans in which employers share the expense.

The average household is an important contributor to food waste; these tips show how we can all do our part.

Widescale power shutdown reveals the depth of California’s infrastructure problems amid a growing climate crisis.

Although Trump’s unabashedly anti-immigrant agenda has amplified the brutality of the border regime, he is merely capitalizing on a massive, entrenched network of corporate power and political influence.

A major Israeli weapons company has been named as one of the top profiteers of US border militarization.