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When workers begin the battle to unionize, they are making a tremendous choice about their lives. This decision is never made lightly; oftentimes they struggle against apathy, false promises from management, and the very real threats of dismissal.

Son of legendary San Franciscans left luminaries, Vincent and Vivian Hallinan, Conn, popularly known to multitude of friends as “Ringo,” carved his own reputation as an activist, journalist, prolific columnist on world affairs, educator, and novelist

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Rep. Rosa DeLauro said Republicans' newly proposed funding cuts threaten "the future of an entire generation."

Israel’s Ministry Of Diaspora Affairs Funds US-Based Organizations To Lobby For Measures Restricting Criticism Of Israel And Its Ongoing Genocide In Gaza.

Hospital pricing is impenetrable to consumers and regulators alike. The result: increased costs and profits, and wasteful reliance on armies of middlemen.

Lost in the triumphalism over Jamaal Bowman’s loss is that AIPAC has had to drastically narrow its ambitions, targeting the most already vulnerable of Israel critics in order to inflate its strength.

Saying that city officials have been unwilling to address unions’ concerns, the United Federation of Teachers has withdrawn its support for an Adams administration effort to switch municipal retirees to a cost-saving private health plan.

These beautifully written letters, diary entries and extracts from novels, skillfully edited by Peter Parker, add up to an essential study of postwar gay life.

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