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Verizon continues to demand givebacks from workers

September 4, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

Unions took to the streets to show mass solidarity for their bargaining teams, with rallies all over the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states.

Fight over Dyett High reaches tense new stage

September 4, 2015 By Patrick J. Foote

CPS has announced a plan for Dyett, but not the one fought for by the hunger striking community members.

Ruling on labor practices shows importance of appeals courts to workers

September 4, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

While the U.S. Supreme Court's worker rulings apply nationwide, they rejects most cases brought to them; that leaves worker rights in the hands of the appeals court judges.

Indigenous News: Cree woman wins beauty pageant, challenges Harper

September 4, 2015 By Andrea Perkins

Canadian Ashley Burnham of the Cree Nation set the political sphere ablaze when she called on Indigenous people to vote out Prime Minister Harper.

EPI plan: Tax the rich, strengthen social security, rebuild infrastructure

September 4, 2015 By PAI

By 2040, federal debt would be 54 percent of gross domestic product, not the present 74 percent - and less than debt proposed by right wingers.