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Landmark settlement ends long-term solitary confinement in Calif. prisons

September 3, 2015 By Marilyn Bechtel

Some 2,858 inmates were reportedly held in solitary; some for 10, 20 or even 30 years, spending all but an hour or so of their day isolated in tiny cement-lined cells.

Decolonize the land: Native people welcome Mt. Denali name change

September 3, 2015 By Andrea Perkins

President Obama announced that his administration would change the name of Mt. McKinley to its original Indigenous name, Denali, a word that means "High One" in Athabascan.

St. Louis workers celebrate increase in minimum wage

September 3, 2015 By Tony Pecinovsky

In all, about 50,000 low-wage workers in St. Louis will see an immediate pay increase come October 15.

Video: Steelworkers fight for a fair deal

September 3, 2015 By Scott Marshall

Their contract with ArcelorMittal expired September 1; the union is staying on the job in hopes of a fair contract, but are ready to fightback in what are very tough negotiations.

Europe’s new barbarians

September 2, 2015 By Conn Hallinan

Austerity as a strategy is more than just throwing a scare into countries, it is also undermining the social contract between labor and capital that has characterized much of Europe for the past two generations.