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Deaths from extreme heat, landslides, and other severe weather seem to be rising. Can they be added to fossil fuels’ death toll?

A long-overdue cut-off of U.S. arms to Israel and recognition of the Palestinian right to self-determination would provide exactly the shock to the system that is needed.

The greatest sin of Reagan is not its (expectedly) warped worldview, but its total lack of drama.

The strike comes as 40,000 Unite Here hotel workers across 20 cities face expiring contracts this year. Negotiations for new four-year contracts have been taking place since May; about 15,000 of those workers have authorized strikes in 12 markets.

The party may have successfully prevented Palestinians from addressing the DNC. But it cannot hold back the tide forever.

A close look at data suggests unions could be doing a lot more to organize and build the labor movement in this moment.

Both the European Food Safety Authority the U.S. Department of Agriculture warn that increasing sea surface temperatures can expand the range and season of Vibrio infections making seafood potentially more dangerous for human consumption.

Open letter to the French people from New Popular Front prime ministerial candidate Lucie Castets and leaders of its component parties.

Even if the movement isn’t rebounding quite yet, green shoots are abounding—and presidential candidates ignore it at their peril.

Most Americans today know that Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was killed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968, but few know why he was there. King went to Memphis to support African American garbage workers, striking to gain recognition for their union.