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The sexist job ads of the 60s are gone, but female-dominated jobs are still vastly undervalued today.

How Thomas Friedman gets it wrong about globalization. An excerpt from How to Rule the World: The Coming Battle Over the Global Economy (Nation Books, 2008)

Alex Rivera, director of the new film Sleep Dealer, imagines the future of the Global South.

Can theories of movement cycles equip activists to persevere over the long haul?

The contested legacy of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers.

Did the 1999 protests against the World Trade Organization actually make a difference? Yes. Here's how.

Why the market fails in calculating the true cost of our dependence on oil.

Deciding the time has come for direct action to stop global warming.

In his new "financial history of the world" a historian famous for celebrating empire turns to praise the wonders of capital.

How Dr. King might have responded to current crises of recession, unemployment, and foreclosure.