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Not only have leaders from Ecuador to Venezuela delivered huge social gains - they keep winning elections too

The American labor movement is once again facing a most controversial issue - the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. While labor leaders weigh the pros and cons of building KXL, they should keep in mind that the pipeline is as much a threat to our economy as it is to our planet. After a year of extreme weather - at an extreme cost to the economy - this age old jobs vs. environment debate is emerging as a false choice.

Twin Cities SEIU Local 26 uses other groups and individuals to help its organizing drive.

Climate change is destroying American jobs right now — but climate protection will produce millions of new jobs.

Banks and public transport disrupted with at least two people reported dead amid protests across the country.

PFC Bradley Manning has been in jail awaiting trial for nearly 1,000 days for exposing war crimes, corruption, and widespread abuse. When he returns to court in Fort Meade, MD, for a pretrial hearing from February 26 to March 1, Judge Denise Lind will rule on the defense’s motion to dismiss charges for lack of a speedy trial.

How a Washington Global Torture Gulag Was Turned Into the Only Gulag-Free Zone on Earth

“Mike the mailman" is friends with everybody, and serves as a sort of unofficial message board for our neighborhood. He recently had surgery after tearing two muscles in his shoulder, and I visited him at his house in Ypsilanti—a lower-income foil to collegiate Ann Arbor—to ask about his convalescence, his job, and the future of the postal service in America.