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Zohran Mamdani shares the NYC Labor Movement’s vision for a city where working people have power, dignity, and opportunity, and has consistently communicated that vision in a way that resonates with working New Yorkers.

Israeli troops were ordered to kill starving, unarmed civilians who were trying to get food for their families.

Move comes after rightwing Republican accuses New York City mayoral candidate of concealing support for ‘terrorism’

The most dangerous thing about Alligator Alcatraz isn’t the alligators. It’s the message...

By passing Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, congressional Republicans have talked themselves into an incomprehensibly reckless plan.

"This book is needed," writes reviewer LeBlanc. "Instead of sharing hard-and-fast edicts, the kind desired by those with a fundamentalist frame of mind, Park advocates for courage and conversation."

Workers across the United States are getting a raise this week after minimum wage increases took effect across several states and localities Tuesday.

The old world is dying. Can the new world be born?

AFSCME District Council 33, which represents thousands of city workers, including trash collectors and police dispatchers, is walking off the job after negotiations didn't end in a deal. The union last went on a strike in 1986.