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Breaking the Chains: Can Labor Unions Organize Retail Workers?
Retail is the nation's largest employer. But in recent decades, retail unionism has taken a steep fall.
The United States Has Allowed South Sudan’s Government to Utilize Child Soldiers
Using legal loopholes, the US continued to assist the South Sudanese government, which kept child soldiers.
On Martin Luther King Day: Revolutionary Love in an Era of Trump
A fresh generation in the US has become activated to resist the administration of Donald Trump.
Trump’s Suppression of Climate Science Echoes Restrictions Under Stalin
When ideology trumps peer-reviewed scientific research, as it did in the Stalinist Soviet Union, the world loses.
US Workers Who Make BPA Have Enormous Loads of It in Their Bodies
Some workers who make or work with the endocrine-disrupting chemical have levels 1,000 times higher than the general public, a federal study found.
Wall Street’s Win-Win With Trump
Most Wall Street bigwigs sided with Hillary Clinton in 2016 but now have adroitly shifted affections to Donald Trump.
Trump’s Health and Human Services Pick Has One of the Worst Campaign Disclosure Records in Congress
Among members of Congress who won their races this cycle, Rep. Tom Price is among the 25 worst on quality of disclosure.
World Is “Backsliding” on Gasoline Subsidies, Study Finds
Taxes on gasoline effectively reduce CO2 emissions, yet they are lower now than they were 13 years ago, finds a new study.
Smooth-Talking Jeff Sessions Can’t Hide Disturbing Record
Sessions supports torture, laws disenfranchising voters of color and the “extreme vetting” of Muslim immigrants.
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How Ride-Hailing Apps Like Uber Continue the Cab Industry’s History of Racial Discrimination
Discrimination by taxi drivers has long been a social problem.