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Tensions linger in Ivory Coast

April 13, 2011 By Dennis Laumann

The capture and detention of former President Laurent Gbagbo ends last week's military standoff in Côte d'Ivoire, but innumerable challenges remain.

Congressional Progressive Caucus launches “People’s Budget”

April 13, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Reacting to the House Republicans' slash-and-burn 2012 budget proposals, progressives put forward a proposal that reflects "the values and priorities of working families in this country."

Scenes from an uprising: Chicago We Are One (Video)

April 13, 2011 By Scott Marshall

10,000 trade unionists and their supporters from around Chicago and Illinois poured into Daley Plaza downtown.

Honduran resistance takes off

April 12, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Two sets of realities are opposed: a small, wealthy, U.S.-backed minority and popular mobilization, always in the background, but now gathering new strength.

Millions forced to work while sick

April 12, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Millions of American workers have no paid sick days at all, especially those who need them the most, says a recent "snapshot" by the Economic Policy Institute.