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How the consequences of incarceration and reentry create financial–and social–debt.
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Fighting Privatization Is Good for Mental Health
Dedicated community leaders and persistent organizing are helping make Chicago’s new expansion of public mental health services a reality.
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A poem written before the author's death in an airstrike by the Israeli military.
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The union wave at big U.S. retailers hasn’t yet resulted in first contracts for workers at Trader Joe’s, Starbucks and REI. But unions are proving their value in other ways.
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Around the world, government forces regularly attack environmental activists with impunity—and U.S. support.
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Political repression is on the rise as the state finds new ways to criminalize dissent and collective action.
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Labor
The Baristas Who Took Over Their Café
Baltimore’s 230-year-old tradition of workplace democracy is experiencing a revival.
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Labor
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Rural America
Study: Because of Pesticides, Living in Farm Towns Is as Risky as Smoking
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