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LaborDispatch

Minnesota's Labor Week of Action Is a Bold Experiment in Social Justice Unionism

A coalition of unions and community groups are uniting to build worker power and win community demands in what's being hailed as a model for social movement unionism.

Amie Stager

PalestineDispatch

In a Victory for Progressives, Chicago Is Now the Largest U.S. City to Call for a Cease-Fire

Mayor Brandon Johnson broke a tie in City Council to pass a cease-fire resolution, making Chicago the latest in a string of cities to demand an end to the assault on Gaza.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

LaborDispatch

The UAW Strike Saved Their Shuttered Plant, But the Fight Is Just Beginning

The revival of the Stellantis plant is a stunning reversal of fortunes for Belvidere, Ill. But workers say they won’t rest until they see the concrete being poured.

Sarah Lazare

DispatchThe Right-Wing Issue

Queer Louisianans Are Fighting Book Bans—And Winning

“They say their goal is just to get rid of pornographic books, but in no place has it ever stopped there.”

Katie Jane Fernelius

LaborDispatch

Inside NYC Home Care Workers’ Fight to End 24-Hour Work Shifts

Thousands of home care workers in New York City complete 24-hour shifts and suffer from chronic illness after years of overwork and sleep deprivation.

Xuandi Wang

DispatchThe Right-Wing Issue

Conservatives Want to Destroy Public Schools. Communities are Fighting Back.

“The decision to hate your neighbors and reject your public school isn’t actually the most affordable, practical or preferable path for most people.”

Jennifer Berkshire

Dispatch

How a Trailblazing Tenants Union Forced a Mega-Landlord to the Bargaining Table

In less than two weeks, the Blake Street 16 went from facing eviction court to pioneering the first landlord-tenant negotiations in Connecticut's history.

Thomas Birmingham

DispatchThe Right-Wing Issue

2023 Was the Year of Anti-Trans Hysteria

23 states passed laws targeting trans youth, with implications for us all.

Heron Greenesmith

DispatchCulture

Striking a Chord for Change: The Poor People’s Campaign for Revolution

In an effort to record their first album of movement songs, the New York State chapter of the Poor People’s Campaign is tapping into an old organizing tradition with hopes of inspiring change.

Natascha Elena Uhlmann

DispatchCulture

This Chicago Nightclub is Reimagining Safety Through Community Care

"What's a bigger liability? People using substances … or somebody dying from an overdose in your bathroom when you could have had something to prevent that overdose?”

Sonal Soni

DispatchClimate

Pollution is Displacing Black Midwesterners. White Homeowners are Profiting.

Black people in the Midwest are 33% more likely to receive lung cancer diagnoses than those living in the country's 38 other states.

Adam Mahoney

PalestineDispatch

The Largest Pro-Palestinian Protest in U.S. History Was "A Turning Point." Now It's Spreading.

"Felt like this was a new wave or a turning point in the struggle for Palestine.”

Henry Hicks IV

Dispatch

Disabled People Are Underrepresented in Politics. A New Organization Aims to Change That.

Disability Victory will start training the first cohort of disabled people who want to run for office in early 2024.

Sara Luterman, The 19th

Dispatch

Ohio Votes To Guarantee Abortion Rights in Its State Constitution

With the victory on Issue 1, abortion rights advocates are on a 7-and-0 ballot measure winning streak since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022.

Grace Panetta, The 19th

DispatchRural America

Don't Pave Paradise

A West Virginia community rallied to stave off the destruction of Cacapon Resort State Park by private developers. Will it last?

Ellie Heffernan

DispatchRural America

In Small Town Appalachia, Locals Battle a Weapons-Grade Uranium Plant

The company Nuclear Fuel Services wants to process weapons-grade uranium for the U.S. government at a facility in Erwin, Tennessee. Some locals aren’t having it.

Taylor Sisk

Dispatch

How San Diego Built a Surveillance Apparatus Under the Guise of “Sustainability”

What started as a green infrastructure project quickly spiraled into a crisis of mass surveillance.

Jesse Marx

LaborDispatch

Record Profits, Paltry Contracts Fire Up Chicago-Area Autoworkers to Strike

"It's not fair that [CEOs are] bringing home these millions of dollars and have so many summer homes ... and we're living paycheck to paycheck."

Maia McDonald

DispatchThe Socialism Issue

Christian Socialists Are Reclaiming Faith from the Right

For these Christians, religion is no opiate—it’s a profound call to action.

Matt McManus

Dispatch

On Chicago's Northwest Side, Socialists Are Wielding Power in a Whole New Way

For city council members Rossana Rodríguez Sanchez and Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, "co-governance" is key.

Jacqui Germain

LaborDispatchThe Socialism Issue

Democratic Socialists Are Fueling a Hot Labor Summer

From strike support to training organizers and supporting union drives, DSA members are helping to build a fighting labor movement.

Indigo Olivier

DispatchClimate

How A Utility Giant Tried (and Failed) to Build a Pipeline Under Brooklyn

Brooklyn residents didn't learn about the new pipeline project from National Grid until two years into its construction. They were able to stop it anyways.

Sara Van Horn

Dispatch

Full Spectrum Overdose Prevention

A game-changing program to mitigate the fentanyl crisis.

Paige Oamek

DispatchRural America

Big Dairy is Milking California Dry

A small town fights back against dairy expansion.

Ian Whitaker