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There Should Be No Debate. Corporations Should Pay More Taxes.

As Chicago's budget standoff continues, the issue of whether corporations should pay more taxes to support the public good should not be contentious.

Elizabeth Todd-Breland

Comics

In 2026, Kristi Noem Will Eat a Dog on Live Television

New comics with predictions for the new year and the introduction of MurderKorp, a startup "connecting customers with ordinary people willing to murder someone for them."

Emily Flake, Jen Sorensen, Rob Rogers and Kendra Wells

Podcast

Inside the Fight To Unionize California’s Climbing Gyms

The Touchstone Climbing community unionized five gyms, but now the challenge is demanding a fair contract.

Mel Buer

Podcast

Privatize USPS? Mail Carriers Have a Better Idea

After battling for a fair contract, USPS workers face the threat of privatization, which they warn will harm all Americans.

Mel Buer

Podcast

Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and Uprising of the 20,000

Building worker power has always been an uphill battle. Revisiting history can guide us forward. An interview with Erik Loomis.

Mel Buer

Podcast

Trump Escalates War on Federal Unions

The administration is stripping federal unions of collective bargaining rights, hurting workers and the American people.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Striking Barista on Starbucks' Endgame: “They Don’t Want Working People to Have a Voice"

Silvia Baldwin, a bargaining delegate for Starbucks Workers United, explains why more than 3,800 baristas are on strike against “the biggest labor law violator in modern history.”

Silvia Baldwin

Podcast

“Kill the Cuts”: Federally funded researchers warn DOGE cuts will be fatal

What are workers saying at the front lines of the Kill the Cuts rally in Washington, D.C.?

Maximillian Alvarez

Podcast

In an Attempt to Cause Fear and Demobilize, the Trump Administration Increases Threats on Higher Education

Educators and organizers from the AAUP how the Trump administration is systematically dismantling higher education as we know it.

Maximillian Alvarez

Podcast

Union members talk state of the movement and hopes for the future at MULP

Participants at the Minnesota Union Leadership Program chat with Working People on the ground as they refine their skills for the future of the labor movement.

Maximillian Alvarez

Culture

Fighting Anti-Queer Backlash with Citizen Archivists

Queer archivist groups like Invisible Histories and the Queer Zine Archive Project are preserving queer history and making it accessible in the face of the federal government's erasure. You can do the same.

Lindsay Eanet

LaborPolitics

The Trump Administration Ramps Up Its War On Coal Miners

A planned rule to set new silica exposure limits—and address Appalachia’s ongoing black lung crisis—has been under continued assault. Now, it looks like it's off the table.

Kim Kelly

PodcastPolitics

Veterans Rally Against Trump Cuts

Trump is a draft dodger who spent millions on a military parade for his birthday while slashing veteran healthcare. Veterans are mad about it.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborInterview

“There Is a War Against Us”: Worker Leader, Released from ICE Custody, Speaks Out

Willian Giménez González is free, but he worries about thousands of others who were abducted from the Chicago area.

Sarah Lazare

Podcast

What’s Really Happening in Los Angeles vs. What You’re Hearing Online

Three journalists on witnessing ICE raids, protests, and police violence on the streets of Los Angeles.

Maximillian Alvarez

Culture

The Jewish Diaspora Movement

As young people break with established Jewish organizations over Gaza, a new kind of Judaism is flourishing.

Shane Burley

Feature

As Tenants Organize, Landlords Embrace Old-School Union-Busting

Tenant union members say they’ve faced threats, surveillance and retaliation from their private equity landlord, which has retained a notorious “union avoidance” firm.

Rebecca Burns and Thomas Birmingham

FeatureInvestigation

Sin escape: Dentro del sistema de casas de huespedes en Texas donde el abuso, la negligencia, y la explotación son comunes

Mientras Estados Unidos se enfrenta a los mayores recortes del sector médico en su historia, Texas presenta una visión aterradora del futuro de la atención médica a largo plazo.

Ottavia Spaggiari