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The Time Has Come for Sectoral Bargaining

Larry Cohen New Labor Forum
For my union colleagues the challenge is how to focus more effectively on the 90 million workers left out of collective bargaining, realizing that more than ever the 15 million still represented by unions cannot realize major gains on their own.

Rising seas: 'Florida is about to be wiped off the map'

Elizabeth Rush The Guardian
Sea level rises are not some distant threat; for many Americans they are very real. In an extract from her chilling new book, Rising, Elizabeth Rush details how the US coastline will be radically transformed in the coming years

A Potential Breakthrough in Mexico

Edwin F. Ackerman Jacobin
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is poised to win Mexico's presidency. He's promised Mexicans a new country — can he deliver?

How Often Should You Be Eating Fish?

Sally Wadyka Consumer Reports
AMA report stresses the importance of eating fish
The AHA’s new scientific advisory on fish consumption reports more evidence that seafood intake lower risks of coronary heart disease and sudden cardiac death—especially when the seafood replaces less healthy choices like beef or pork.