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It’s unusual for a private contractor to terminate its own contract, especially a contract for $1.2 billion. But that just happened in Florida.

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The week of December 9, 2015, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a Texas redistricting case that has the potential to the change the balance of political representation in congressional and legislative districts across the South and the country.

What makes radical theologian Marc H. Ellis too hot to handle?

Wal-Mart's growing trade deficit with China has displaced more than 400,000 U.S. jobs

On Tuesday, Maduro asked for the resignation of his cabinet and outlined steps for the “renovation of the revolution”, including the approval of new legislation to defend social gains as well as measures to increase workers’ and communal control, such as the turning over the National Assembly TV and radio stations to the workers.

Commentator George Monbiot writes Saturday of the draft agreement, "By comparison to what it could have been, it’s a miracle. By comparison to what it should have been, it’s a disaster."

Labor activists and other progressive folks in the South have four new reasons to cheer: a United Auto Workers victory in Chattanooga, the rare criminal conviction of a coal mining boss in connection with the death of miners who worked for him, the victory of a populist Democrat in Louisiana's gubernatorial race, and a union victory in Laurel, Mississippi.

Public Health Counting of US Law-Enforcement-Related Deaths Could Help Reduce Violence.

Moderators' Note: The following is a response to Barbara Ehrenrich' article, What Happened to the White Working Class? The Great Die-Off of America's Blue Collar Whites, posted by Portside on Dec. 10. https://portside.org/2015-12-10/what-happened-white-working-class-great-die-americas-blue-collar-whites