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The Deplorables
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National Labor Relations Board Asks Supreme Court to Rule on Class-Action Waivers
The Supreme Court was asked to settle disputes over the barring of employees from filing class-action lawsuits.
Six Reasons You Should Care About the NLRB’s Graduate Employee Decision
Here are five issues that the Columbia decision has put into sharp focus.
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Mission Impossible: Keeping Track of US Special Ops in Africa
The US military either can't or won't come to a consensus on how many missions have been carried out by its most elite troops in Africa.
How Billionaire Trump Is Missing Greener Pastures
Instead of wallowing in nostalgia for coal mining, the GOP presidential candidate should be betting on renewable energy futures.
Justice for Janitors: The Fight for 15 Shutdown in Minneapolis-Saint Paul
Kimco janitors, students and teachers took the streets during the back-to-school season when Kohl's makes 15 percent of its $673 million in annual profits.
Investing in the Care Economy: Domestic Workers in California Hope for Overtime Pay
Greater public investment is needed to help people with disabilities pay caregivers living wages and overtime pay.
Graduate Students Are Workers: The Decades-Long Fight for Graduate Unions, and the Path Forward
The NLRB's ruling that teaching and research assistants at Columbia University are workers and are legally protected is historic.
Social Reproduction: Between the Wage and the Commons
Silvia Federici discusses the struggles over social reproduction, gender, work and the commons.
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Why Walmart Matters to 21st Century Working-Class Struggle
Sarah Jaffe covers the historical context of the struggles of Walmart workers fighting for better pay, conditions and rights at work.