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Winner of the Frieze L.A. art fair’s Impact Prize uses quilting to reveal the reality of life in prison: "If my artwork is able to give people an understanding of what an individual goes through while in prison -- it definitely means a lot."

Richer countries facing staff shortages in the health sector often recruit staff from poorer countries – leaving those countries’ health systems even more understaffed.

“The entire state of Israel was engaged in framing the narrative that Hamas is equal to ISIS.”

The entire labor movement should wake up and pay attention to the lessons from Starbucks workers’ victory this week.

Blackstone, Apollo, and a handful of other firms are demolishing the US economy for short-term gain, and leaving workers and communities in the wreckage.

If Capital One is allowed to acquire Discover, it’ll gain access to a government loophole allowing it to raise prices and reduce competition.

In this presidential election year, poet Carol Kanter issues an elegant warning of a certain candidate “assuming, accruing power.”

More and more workers across the South seek unionization. But they’re still forced to defy Republican officials who’d rather toady to wealthy corporations than support workers’ fight for a fair economy.

Rebecca Solnit on the perennial divisions of the American Left: “It should be a modest request to ask that ‘left’ not mean supporters of authoritarian regimes.”

Dozens of settlers and right-wing activists stormed Erez Crossing, building two wooden structures while soldiers and police stood aside.