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Leo W. Gerard

Leo W. Gerard is the international president of the United Steelworkers Union (USW).

Is there a global future for unions?

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Xi Jinping; Donald Trump (Getty/Thomas Peter)

Why Americans don’t like the idea of trade dependency on China

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The new NAFTA and the old NAFTA both serve the 1%

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Charles Koch; David Koch (CBS/AP/Photo montage by Salon)

Beware billionaires bearing gifts

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Better health insurance begets better life

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Jeff Bezos (Getty/Photo Montage by Salon)

How Amazon — and 56 other corporations — took your tax dollars

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Attorney General nominee William Barr (AP/Alex Brandon)

Republicans on health care: Do vast harm

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David Koch; Charles Koch (Getty/Photo Montage by Salon)

How billionaires are using hate to divide us

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Felicity Huffman; Lori Loughlin (AP/vJordan Strauss/Getty/David Livingston)

The college admissions scandal is just the tip of the inequality iceberg

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Donald Trump (Getty/Thomas Peter)

The gritty trade war with China is hurting American workers

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Howard Schultz (Getty/Stephen Brashear)

More billionaire presidential candidates: A bitter pill

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Hundreds of federal workers and contractors rally against the partial federal government shutdown outside the headquarters of the AFL-CIO January 10, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

The indignity of work without pay

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