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Red state workers are ahead of union leaders and Democrats in understanding that the right to strike is essential for workers.

Employees at Google and elsewhere are protesting their bosses’ business decisions. Will that evolve into a more sustained labor movement?

Rather than focusing on violence by white citizens, this time around one of the killers is a black woman, whose rage is just as lethal as her white counterparts' — and it's aimed directly at everything they represent.

The only way to begin to get answers is to see the president’s tax returns, audited or not. Isn’t it time to open that safe?

Facebook campaigns were run by professional Washington D.C. political operatives who work for a group called the Israel on Campus Coalition, according to promotional materials obtained by ProPublica and the Forward.

Congress is quietly trying to finalize the farm bill. Surprise, surprise: Negotiations are beset by clashing, and likely irreconcilable, House and Senate visions for this omnibus legislation that shapes US agriculture/hunger policy for 5 years

Darrell Canon, one of the over 100 men tortured by the former Chicago police commander Jon Burge, who died yesterday. He acted with complete impunity over almost two decades before reporters, activists, and human rights attorneys stopped him.

Decades of ongoing research in this region have literally rewritten what scientists know about Mesozoic life, especially about the ecosystems that immediately preceded the final extinction of the dinosaurs.

Banking on the Public Option: Will LA Lead the Way for People-Owned Banks?

What History Books Left Out About Depression Era Co-ops It would seem that a movement that provided livelihood for more than 300,000 people in California alone would merit discussion in the history books.