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I see us entering a world divided not just between the haves and have-nots, but also between those countries that do nothing about it, and those that do . . . I’ve visited societies that seem to have chosen this path. They are not places in which most of us would want to live, whether in their cloistered enclaves or their desperate shantytowns.

A new book explains why ‘Rahm Emanuel’ is a dirty word in many Chicago circles.

This is a turning point for BART workers who are now on strike again. It's time for labor and community to come together to support them.

"...time for steel backbones and fierce organizing."

In protest of paltry hours and defiance of firings, over 80 Wal-Mart workers in Hialeah, Florida walk off the job

The ‘elephant in the room’: Israel and the bomb

Unemployment, Shutdown, Inequality, Honduras