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Far from earning living wages, most U.S. workers have experienced wage stagnation since the 1970s--a trend largely obscured by political rhetoric and misinformation.

Rightwing politicians and pundits have called the soldiers accused of attack on Palestinian detainee ‘heroes’ and military investigators traitors

“The new American oligarchy is here,” said the CEO of Oxfam America. “Billionaires and mega-corporations are booming while working families struggle to afford housing, healthcare, and groceries.”

If the labor movement is going to defeat Donald Trump and other anti-worker politicians, Painters union president Jimmy Williams Jr writes, it will need a wellspring of organized workers.

The US has tried to use economic and military pressure to maintain a dominant position in Asia, but the rise of China and the region’s agenda have made it increasingly difficult.

Reviving the History of the American Left

Achieving historically ‘normal’ GDP growth rates will be impossible, unless immigration flows are sustained

How these weapons function, the advantages they present over conventional missile systems, and their potential to disrupt global strategic stability.

Surprise discovery could pave the way for new treatments against drug-resistant infections.

The think tank Common Wealth has some ideas.