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"We visited several polling places and that was when we were just so moved by what was going on,” said the president of the New York State Nurses Association.

In his new book, Einstein’s Beets: An Examination of Food Phobias, the distinguished writer and scholar, Alexander Theroux, discusses some of the current scientific and psychological research into food preferences and aversions

Rulings in recent years have effectively forced consumers to file class actions in the jurisdiction where the corporation is based or to disaggregate the claims into separate filings.

With teachers facing similar attacks in school districts across the country, it makes sense to share strategies for fighting back. That’s the goal of the United Caucuses of Rank-and-File Educators (UCORE), a growing network of locals and caucuses within the teachers unions.

The aftermath of Charlottesville has brought up important questions about who should be speaking, and who should be listening.

Racism is part of the Trump family DNA.

It has never been more important to acknowledge the history of fascism and neo-fascism in America

Army brass knows that if every Black soldier quit in protest over Donald Trump’s comments, the U.S. military would collapse.

Dick Gregory used his humor to spread messages of social justice and nutritional health.

Researchers are tackling the problem of antibiotic resistance head on — by hunting for the genes that enable bacteria to become resistant to life-saving medications.