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In one of its final moves of 2022, Congress approved a $25 million funding increase for the National Labor Relations Board, an agency which has been chronically short-staffed and underfunded. The board has been struggling to keep up with a demand in the number of workers who want to unionize. This year, it saw a 53% increase in petitions to unionize, and said the agency will need much more funding to keep up. ...

A case before the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington state could have big implications for labor unions and their ability to strike. The case, Glacier Northwest versus the International Brotherhood of Teamsters is scheduled for a hearing in January. ...

A conversation with Jo-Anne McArthur, a photographer who uses her camera to fight for the welfare of animals around the world.

In a one-on-one interview with Mark Malloch-Brown, global head of George Soros’s Open Society Foundations, Daily Maverick was confronted with a set of contradictions that cut to the heart of our planetary predicament. The start was OSF’s decision to reconceptualise Africa as a single, homogenou...

 About the PodcastRegarded as one of the modern world’s icons of diplomacy, what is Kofi Annan’s legacy today? What can we learn from him, and how can we prepare for tomorrow, based o

The United States of America’s Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, has said that the US government is strategically interested in Nigeria because the country practices democracy and is the sole decider in the growth of the African continent. Ambassador Nuland said this during a press briefing with selected media correspondents on…

"We also need a regional approach to this problem because these terrorists are running across borders, we all need to work together," the U.S. diplomat said.

The Workers Rights Clinic, a collaboration between law schools at Seattle University and UW, helps workers understand their rights.

Dr. Sam Ayers is the Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at the Lubbock Christian University School of Education. He also serves as Director of Graduate Education.

The Fresh Toast - Weed is going legal, and the design will likely mimic the big money ideas that the cannabis advocacy community has been selling for decades. - Opinion