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Nineteen states will increase their minimum wages on January 1, boosting earnings for more than 8.3 million workers by a total of $5 billion. In addition, 47 cities and counties will raise their minimum wages.

With Nicolás Maduro detained in Brooklyn and at least 40 reportedly killed, Venezuelan leaders project unity while protests spread worldwide and US lawmakers warn of an illegal war.

AI-giddy companies like Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle have embarked on a national land grab. Meanwhile local residents decry them for guzzling water, driving up energy costs, fouling the air, churning out noise pollution.

Now That’s a Really Bad Idea! (1766), A Rebellion Ends Badly (1811), May Your Song Always Be Sung (1941), Revolution Just Makes Sense (1776), No Way To Defend Democracy (1956), Genocide’s Against the Law (1951), Whistle, Blow My Blues Away (1968)

National Nurses United is one of several unions and labor bodies strongly condemning the Trump administration’s illegal invasion of and regime change operation in Venezuela.

Violate the UN Charter and the laws of war. Create false pretexts. Make no plans for the day after. Fantasize about seizing another country's oil wealth. Under-estimate the potential for destabilization. Lessons not learned are mistakes repeated.

Zohran Mamdani’s optimistic inauguration contrasted in every single way with Trump’s brazen invasion of Venezuela

Construction unions are making clear that offshore wind is a win for workers and the environment. Donald Trump’s repeated attempts to block it are just another front in his war on workers.

The surprise hit series has reopened a familiar debate: why, in the National Hockey League, visibility is still treated as a problem rather than a possibility

Three articles discuss Trump's outreach to Big Oil before and after kidnapping Venezuelan President Maduro, the special place of Venezuelan oil in the world oil market, and the economic and political role of Venezuelan oil trade with China.