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A review of key ballot measures from the 2022 midterm elections

How, and whether, to keep atomic time in sync with Earth's rotation is still up for debate.

To ensure that finance aligns with the climate crisis, we need a far-reaching mobilization plan akin to the Marshall Plan following World War II, which helped restore economies devastated by the conflict.

“These are general statements, OK? But women are more collaborative. Women are not as transactional. And I think women focus on different issues,” Bass said. “I think women tend to lead differently.”

Lynd explored the biggest little secret, one people everywhere should heed: We who do the work can build a better world, and we can best do it without the parasitic Super Rich who contribute nothing and weigh us down like a monstrous ball and chain.

A coalition of railroad workers unions says the biggest rail companies in the U.S. have become far too focused on profits, and is calling for public ownership of rail infrastructure across North America.

Defense contractors hire thousands of foreigners. Many are trapped by employment practices banned by the U.S. government.

It remains true today that with so much of the rental market subsidized and affordable in Vienna, there is downward pressure on rents overall . 

Poet Lynn Melnick captures a moment traumatic violence, what she calls “inauguration,” and its lasting effect: “there was always dread.”

For the first time, they could qualify as employees and enjoy benefits and rights that have been off-limits for years.