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Athens - Greek workers walked off the job for the second time this week on Friday in a snap 48-hour general strike called to protest new austerity measures the …

(Image: Gerard Van der Leun / Flickr) Not everyone is cheering the foreclosure abuse settlement reached today with five of the nation's biggest banks. Activists say the …

(Photo: Pete Souza / White House) President Obama will waive central provisions of the No Child Left Behind federal education law for 10 states that have embraced …

In today's On the News segment: The deal to let the banksters walk is near completion; fewer young adults have a job in America than ever before; before people …

(Photo: Greg Bishop / White House) American port truck drivers are using tried and true tactics of public pressure and collective organizing to win union recognition and …

Will the House of Representatives strengthen the Stock Act, legislation to curb lawmakers and government officials from profitting from their position in government? In the Senate, a strong amendment …

Documents obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy, recently unsealed as part of a major lawsuit against Syngenta, reveal that the global chemical company's PR team had a …

Kabul, Afghanistan - The war refugee Sayid Mohammad lost his last son on Wednesday, 3-month-old Khan, who became the 24th child to die of exposure in camps here in …

(Photo: Chester Paul Sgroi / Flickr) After months of painstaking talks, government authorities and five of the nation’s biggest banks have agreed to a $26 billion settlement …

Behind the sleek face of the iPad is an ugly backstory that has revealed once more the horrors of globalization. The buzz about Apple’s sordid business practices is courtesy …