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Nobody in their right mind wants more violent protests. But, as Martin Luther King said, ‘a riot is the language of the unheard’.

Lawyers say poor translations of election materials disenfranchise Native voters.

Canadian mining companies have long evaded responsibility for abuses carried out by their subsidiaries in the developing world. That could be about to change.

Scheduling Technology Leaves Low-Income Parents With Hours of Chaos.

Last month Congress reauthorized the Workforce Investment Act, but studies show reasons for concern about the effectiveness of the $3.1 billion program. An extensive analysis of the program by The New York Times conducted an extensive analysis of the program and found many graduates wind up significantly worse off than when they started — mired in unemployment and debt from training for positions that do not exist, and they end up working elsewhere for minimum wage.

“There’s a real rank-and-file rebellion going on right now,” says Jen Wallis, a Seattle switchman-conductor for Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway. “People who’ve never been involved in the union, never went to a union meeting, they are showing up and they’re joining Railroad Workers United in droves.

Protest rallies in Oakland, California and Tel Aviv highlight sharpening demands for an end to Israeli military action against Gaza and for a Palestinian homeland.

The South is the fastest-growing region of the country but the data shows that the scope and sources of population growth vary considerably across the South with significant consequences for future elections.

The revealing story of Chicago undercover officers Mo and Gloves