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Hotel Strikers’ Call for Justice Rings Out in Chicago
Chicago hotel workers want respect and a living wage from employers who get rich off their labor.
Immigration Applications Can Be Denied Without Letting Applicants Fix Errors
This is another brick in Trump’s “invisible wall” to make immigration as difficult as possible.
Legal Battle Staves Off Trump’s Assault on Clean Water Protections
Donald Trump's efforts to strip away protections for rivers and wetlands have run into a tide of legal resistance.
States Allow For-Profit Pipeline Companies to Seize Private Property
Activists and landowners are fighting back, and some have been jailed in the process.
Climate Change Supercharges Hurricane Florence as 1.5 Million People Evacuate
People up and down the coast are preparing for extreme flooding and a life-threatening storm surge.
Serena Williams’s Treatment Lays Bare Double Standard Black Women Face
A look at fallout from the women’s US Open final, where Serena Williams accused the umpire of sexism.
Sessions Instructs Judges to Show Less Sympathy for Detained Immigrant Children
Sessions's speech came after the new UN human rights chief denounced Trump's family separation policy.
Amazon Delivers Low-Paying Jobs and Dirty Air to California’s Poorest
The massive supply and logistics company faces pushback in the neighborhoods it exploits and pollutes.
Who Wants to Join a Union? A Growing Number of Americans.
Unions are turning to new strategies for improving working conditions.
The Spirit of Honesty
In which Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh speaks his truth.