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The service is essential to families and communities. It should be free.

A ballot measure to raise pay to $23 an hour could help workers in labor negotiations and boost the local economy.

Snyder v. United States could make it legal for public officials to accept rewards for their corrupt actions.

Connecticut is the first state to fund and enact a baby bonds program, inspiring more states to create their own plans. Can it make a difference?

Replacing Greed, Militarism, and Hypocrisy With Solidarity, Diplomacy, and Human Rights

Hospital Workers Win (in 1969), Virginia Racists Split Hairs (1924), Anti-Racist Education Rules (1969), Protesters Beat the Rap (1969), German Troops in Rome (1944), The Fork Not Taken (1989), An Unemployed Army (1894), Transatlantic Slave Trade

One quarter of residents in the French capital live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive plan to keep lower-income Parisians — and their businesses — in the city.

In her first book, the NPR political correspondent examines a growing movement away from the rightwing Christian church

Moderate PAC -- funding Lee's opponent -- has been described as "an organization of centrist Democrats," but its only donation in the 2022 cycle came from a firm co-founded by Republican benefactor Jeffrey Yass—the richest man in Pennsylvania.

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed deep inequalities between rich and poor countries. The WHO Pandemic Agreement hopes to improve global equity and avoid mistakes made during COVID-19.