The success of their high-stakes bid is all the more significant considering the tenor of the current moment.

Some 30,000 striking teachers braved a downpour to tell school district officials about what needs to change before they'll return to class.

When big companies engage in criminal harm to the public, they deserve serious punishment.

Republicans like to believe it increases efficiency and reduces taxes. But more often than not, it simply boosts corporate bottom lines.

Ronny Jackson, Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Veteran Affairs, is a medical doctor who has no experience in managing large organizations.

In the wake of Hurricane Maria, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló has wasted no time using his territory’s recovery as an opportunity to push policy proposals that are right out of the “disaster capitalism” playbook.

The president and secretary of education are old-school "segregation academy" politicians with strong ideological investments in private school vouchers.

Half of U.S. physicians are “disengaged, burned out, and demoralized and plan to either retire, cut back on work hours, or seek non-clinical roles,” according to a new survey.Half of physicians nationwide are “disengaged, burned out, and demoralized and plan to either retire, cut back on work hours, or seek non-clinical roles,” according to a new survey.

An estimated 26,000 African-American teachers have disappeared from some of the nation's neediest campuses, even as the overall teaching workforce increased by 134,000, reports Mother Jones.