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A ballot measure to raise pay to $23 an hour could help workers in labor negotiations and boost the local economy.

Boeing was never cuddly, but old-timers remember a company led by engineers with an uncompromising focus on quality. In recent decades, leaders have shifted attention to stock buybacks and schemes to squeeze concessions out of workers and taxpayers.

A growing movement of “uncommitted” Democratic voters are making it impossible for the Biden White House to remain complacent about Israel’s war on Gaza.

Moderate PAC -- funding Lee's opponent -- has been described as "an organization of centrist Democrats," but its only donation in the 2022 cycle came from a firm co-founded by Republican benefactor Jeffrey Yass—the richest man in Pennsylvania.

In her first book, the NPR political correspondent examines a growing movement away from the rightwing Christian church

Planned, farm-centered neighborhoods are on the rise in the United States, offering farm-to-table food and a strong community for residents.The Urban Land Institute considers agrihoods a possible solution to several issues in the US housing market.

One quarter of residents in the French capital live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive plan to keep lower-income Parisians — and their businesses — in the city.

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After the UAW’s stand-up strike against the Big 3, the union pledged to embark on an aggressive campaign to organize nonunion automakers. Today, the UAW announced it is filing an election at the Chattanooga, Tennessee, Volkswagen plant.

Two major strikes by Hollywood writers and actors dominated headlines last year. Only months after the strikes’ end, contract negotiations are now underway for the entertainment industry’s crew members — and the possibility of a strike is not off the