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Richard Hart, Jamaican Marxist and historian, dies

January 6, 2014 By Emile Schepers

Richard Hart, a towering figure of the Jamaican and Caribbean left, died in Bristol, England, on Dec. 21, 2013, at 96 years of age.

Is this what for-profit health care looks like?

January 6, 2014 By Michael Adam Reale

The movement to hold California-based Prime Healthcare Services accountable grows.

De Blasio takes over in New York

January 3, 2014 By Gabe Falsetta

NEW YORK -The frigid weather couldn't keep hundreds of supporters and elected officials from attending the inauguration of New York City's 109th mayor, Bill de Blasio, Jan 1.

North Dakota oil train explosion is another harsh lesson

January 3, 2014 By Blake Skylar

In what was a devastating end to 2013, on Dec. 30, just a mile outside Casselton, N.D., a train carrying oil collided with another train, producing a series of explosions that left 10 cars ablaze.

Growing economic divide fuels ire toward Silicon Valley

January 3, 2014 By Michelle Kern

SAN FRANCISCO - Protesters in San Francisco and West Oakland neighborhoods spotlighted the growing poverty and evictions in the area by targeting the private bus services provided by Silicon Valley tech companies to transport their employees...