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New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio and municipal unions have a major problem. After going 4 years without a contract under Mayor Bloomberg the question of a new contract and how much retroactive pay is included is front and center for the incoming Mayor and the municipal unions.

Michelle Bachelet will approach a second term with an agenda which is more radical and progressive than that of her first.

War, for those who actually experienced it ... is hell. Those who saw combat do not return whole. Their dreams reek of death, of comrades torn apart, of foreign children shot by accident.

New Gallup poll shows 76% of Americans want wage to increase; trend shows consistent support for increased federal minimum wage.

Puget Sound workers are latest to join the strike wave, with weeks to go before a Black Friday showdown

Silicon Valley Dreams of Secession; Ms. Marvel is a Muslim; Homeland has a Muslim Problem; NFL Player Quits Football After Studying Chomsky; "Conventional" Racism

Typhoon Haiyan (known in the Philippines as Typhoon Yolanda) will go down as one of the deadliest and most destructive weather events ever recorded - a surge, very high winds and torrential rains. The Philippine people need urgent assistance - here are ways about how you can help.