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No Wheat, Milk, Rice, Medicines: How the U.S. and Israel Are Starving Yemen
The Trump administration announced a truce with the Houthi rebels on May 6, but this was after the United States had already ...
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The Cost Of Salt
India’s salt-production industry has seen massive growth over the past 75 years, but the working conditions of the country’s ...
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Two Tenant Unions, One Rent Strike
How renters in two Chicago neighborhoods found each other—and fought back—when the same investor planned to displace them.
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Chicago’s Push for “Just Cause” Evictions
According to the available data, Chicago landlords file an average of more than 22, 500 eviction cases against tenants each ...
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A West Virginia Coal Miner Just Saved NIOSH’s Black Lung Program
A federal judge ordered the restoration of jobs in the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety’s Respiratory ...
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Two Years After Electing a Mayor, Chicago’s Left Keeps Contesting for Power
Movement-backed Mayor Brandon Johnson and a record class of progressive alders took office exactly two years ago. I spoke ...
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The Cost Of Salt
TAMIL NADU, INDIA — Simmering under the sun’s fiery gaze, the ground scorched anyone who dared wander outside. At 104 degrees Fahrenheit, the thick humid air wafted across the coastal ...
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Forget America First—Under Trump, It's Corporations First
Big corporations donated heavily to Trump’s inaugural fund. Just a few months later, federal cases against them are being ...