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At a picket, dozens demand action from the New York State Department of Labor to fast track approvals for whistleblowers and victims of labor law violations before Trump takes office in January.

RFK, Jr.'s nomination normalizes and emboldens the anti-vaccine movement. The danger now is that diseases confined to the past become diseases of the future.

Poet Elizabeth Scanlon asks "what is this a culture of," and finds the usual answers wanting, leaving it up to the rest of us to make better choices.

It is the first instance in the court's 22-year history it has issued arrest warrants for western-allied senior officials. The Court also issues a warrant for Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif, six months after request by prosecutor Karim Khan,

From sabotaging Oslo to funneling Qatari cash into Gaza, Bibi has spent his career bolstering Hamas to help perpetuate the conflict. Even after Oct. 7, argues historian Adam Raz, he's still advancing the same strategy.

Idaho, Kansas and Missouri in seeking to establish standing to outlaw mifepristone argue cause "a loss in potential population or potential population increase,” and that “decreased births” were inflicting “a sovereign injury to the state itself.

The director of the Appalachia People’s Union on why the South is ready to stand up to Trump. White people delivered this victory to Trump. Out of 76 million votes cast for Trump (2 million more than in 2020), 84% of those were white voters.

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Children's book teaches role of unions, unity and struggle - just what we need for these times. Written by a labor attorney and author, for young readers aged 7-12, just in time for the holidays.

"A strong no vote will force both our leadership and the arbitrator to pay attention. And we have to build the infrastructure for a real contract campaign. Our main emphasis should be on building a movement, not just having the best negotiator.