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Well-planned strikes are not only a union's most potent weapon, but also the public's best chance of forcing substantive policy changes to improve working conditions, living conditions, and the health of the planet.

If you watch television, or films, you should think about who is making them and under what conditions. Eighteen-hour workdays, no lunch breaks. Car accidents caused by sleep deprivation. A crew member who returned to set the day after a miscarriage.

A long forgotten if seminal early Richard Wright novel is brought back to life by Library of America for a new generation of readers.

What the climate movement can learn from the anti-Apartheid movement. The anti-Semitism question. And HAPPY 90th Archbishop Desmond Tutu!

While China is often seen as an outlier from neoliberal trends, its transformation in recent decades was not at odds with tectonic shifts in the global system of growth but an essential part of it.

American workers are now flexing their muscles for the first time in decades. You might say workers have declared a national general strike until they get better pay and improved working conditions.

Shortly after her close election, Sinema quickly joined other Democrats who’d followed the Citizens United path to the flashing neon lights of big money.

Besides delivering fewer tangible benefits to typical families, scaling back Build Back Better also severely compromises the package’s value as macroeconomic insurance.

Even in states with the strictest abortion laws, pregnant people have a safe, inexpensive option to terminate their pregnancies. But few know about it.

Nobel awards an African author — what's the history? School boards showdowns, and more