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Numerous groups have campaigned for years calling for his release, saying he never received a fair trial and was convicted largely on the basis of testimony from a jailhouse …

Last Wednesday, more than 400 San Francisco city employees marched from the city's Department of Human Resources to Twitter headquarters a few blocks away. The workers chanted, "Twitter, you're …

Climate change activists should look to North Carolina for lessons on how to build a broad and diverse movement powerful enough to challenge the corrupt status quo on several …

One reason for progressivism is the facility with which exogenous actors apparently manipulate revolutions to serve quite different goals from those espoused by indigenous adherents.

There is no reason for the fight to control climate change to continue becoming discombobulated over false trade-offs between jobs and the environment.

Dean Baker: While there are limits as to what Obama can do based on executive authority alone, there are many areas where he can have an impact.

Since the beginning of the Great Recession, policymakers and reporters have spoken of a growing crisis in public pensions.

Has the American left ceased to exist as a viable political force by surrendering its power to a corporatized Democratic Party? That's the argument put forward by political scientist …

In the Volkswagen Chattanooga campaign, Republican lawmakers crossed the line into threats and intimidation that undermined workers' free choice.

In this in-depth report, a look at various harmful aspects of tar sands mining.