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While money poured into the recent mayoral and aldermanic elections, voters showed that they are tired of business as usual. Chicago has been portrayed internationally as a symbol of the growing chasm between America's haves and have-nots, the 1% and the 99%, a "tale of two cities." The concept worth contemplating now is that Chuy García could actually win. It would be a story for the ages.

Even though many Bay Area unions are opposed to fracking their pension funds continue to invest money in the companies carrying out this work. It is a problem they are trying to solve.

Despite the opposition of many Bay Area workers and their unions are to fracking they are finding, much to their dismay, that their pension funds are being invested in the fossil fuel industry.

Fifteen years ago, the Portuguese had one of the worst drug problems in Europe. So they decriminalized drugs, took money out of prisons, put it into holistic rehabilitation, and found that human connection is the antidote to addiction.

Alongside the comments made by Costas Lapavitsas and Stathis Kouvelakis on the Greek government's "capitulation" in the Eurogroup negotiations, Étienne Balibar and Sandro Mezzadra argue for a different approach to the present moment.

Two ex-senior Justice Department officials say allegations about police operation are ‘very disturbing’ and raise serious questions about constitutional violations

The decision that Mr.Christie violated state law when he declined to make the full payment into the state’s pension system for public employees further complicates his hopes of reviving his presidential ambitions.

What are the systemic biases within academic medical centers, and what do they have to do with black lives? Two observations about health care disparities may be relevant.

The longtime New York Times labor reporter on the state of the American labor movement and labor journalism.

The author of "Reasons for Departure," Ben Kline, was a participant in last summer's Helix Project.The Helix Projects is an intensive immersion in European Jewish culture. Join us to tell the story of Jewish life filled with joy, coexistence, and creative potential. Helix 2015 is open to all full-time students enrolled during the 2014–2015 academic year. Apply Now for Helix 2015. Deadline for applications is March 2, 2015. http://www.yiddishkayt.org/home/