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This book surveys how leading economists, over the last two and a half centuries, have accounted for wealth and income inequality.

Over 27,000 Fairfax County Virginia Public Schools (FCPS) workers won union elections for both of their bargaining units on Monday under the Fairfax Education Unions (FEU).

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Eliminating taxes on tips would not address the current affordability crisis, such as the struggles to pay for essentials like groceries, housing, childcare, and transportation. 

How serious is the continuing appeal of the far right?

Ethylene oxide, a carcinogenic gas, is nine times more prevalent than the EPA estimated, a study shows. And inside petrochemical plants, workers are likely subjected to much higher concentrations, an author said.

Waiting on history to deliver karmic justice for war crimes is a useless exercise, especially at a time when urgent action is needed.

An ascendant new bloc of three Republicans and one Democrat is voting together to roll back limits on how politicians, political parties and super PACs raise and spend money.

A crisis moment for media

Paola Cortellesi’s film There’s Still Tomorrow offers a striking portrayal of working-class women fighting gendered violence in late 1940s Italy.