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New horizons in urban organizing for democratic power

The Municipal Labor Committee, which bargains for health care for city unions, has been engaging in backdoor negotiations with the city, resulting in a proposal to switch nearly a quarter-million people from Medicare to privately administered plans.

This new book explores the coalition aspect of King's politics, through which he pursued his broader vision of social and economic equality.

Economists are grappling with how much to blame bias or a changing economy for the widening wage gap over the last 40 years.

Homicides were up across the US in 2020 and appeared to be primarily driven by rising gun violence, but other crimes fell

Mexico's midterm elections reflected left-wing president AMLO's high personal approval ratings — but also brought setbacks for his Morena party. For enduring social change, Morena has to build a member-led organization rooted in local communities.

Massive new projects have had significant benefits, but, in many cases, they have also divided existing communities, often in ways that exacerbated racial and class inequities.

American movies and TV are making major strides in LGBTQ representation, but storytellers abroad are in many ways ahead of the curve, exploring sexuality and relationships with groundbreaking technique, in ways often coded and ahead of their time.

Tucker's strategy for psyching suckers

Tired of violence and living in poverty, protests sparked by a tax reform bill have morphed into calls for deep systemic change in Colombia.