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At the airport in La Lima, Honduras, planeloads of deportee arrive every day—many without their children.

“At a time when Republicans are polling at historic lows, Democrats need to capitalize and offer a better vision for the country,” said one critic. “This isn’t it.”

A new study reveals that employers are spending big to maintain their dictatorial control over the workplace and crush unions. It’s a daunting amount of money, but it’s not impossible to overcome if workers can act with clarity, unity, and strategy.

The president’s slush-fund-and-tax-penalty “settlement” is brazenly criminal. If our governing institutions can’t block it, America will officially be a banana republic.

Community benefit agreements can secure strong labor protections, environmental standards, and local investments.

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Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees are voting on a last minute contract agreement with UCLA. The tentative agreement includes wage and step increases and seniority protections but excludes housing.

A reverie for an esteemed playwright.

After decades of covert operations, the CIA director has given the Cubans an overt ultimatum for change on the island.

The deadly attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego did not happen in a vacuum. It is the outcome of years of fearmongering, scapegoating, and dehumanization targeting an entire religious community.