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Rural America

The “Clean Energy” Industry Ravaging Natural Forests to Feed Power Generators

Claiming to be a climate solution, biomass companies want to expand wood pellet factories and export terminals to the West Coast.

Nick Engelfried

LaborViewpoint

Republicans Just Handed Down a Death Sentence to the Nation's Coal Miners

As black lung continues to kill coal miners, House Republicans moved to block enforcement of a life-saving safety rule.

Kim Kelly

ViewpointElection 2024

Onward, Christian Soldiers—To War!

At this year’s National Conservatism Conference, a right-wing army prepares to rise.

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

The World’s Richest Just Got Extraordinarily More Wealthy—Taxing Them Doesn’t Go Nearly Far Enough

Lessening inequality isn’t the only reason to tax the super rich. We also need to decrease their political power while spending on social programs that benefit the working class.

Max B. Sawicky

LaborInterviewPodcast

“Patients should not be treated like commodities”: Baltimore Nurses Are Fighting for a Transformative First Contract

Understaffing leaves nurses pulled in multiple directions and unable to offer optimal care. These nurses are fighting to change that.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborInterviewPodcast

Flooding in Brazil Has Displaced More Than 600,000 People From Their Homes as States Slash Prevention Funding

“Underneath is this deep-seated trauma that will last for years and decades and sometimes lifetimes for people.”

Maximillian Alvarez

InvestigationGoodman Institute

The Death Squads Hunting Environmental Defenders

Around the world, government forces regularly attack environmental activists with impunity—and U.S. support.

Alessandra Bergamin

Departments

When transit riders refuse to just sit back

Though public transportation is a vital resource for many, governments don't always adequately invest in it. Transit rider unions can get us back on the right track.

J. Patrick Patterson

Viewpoint

Congress Is Leaving More than 1 Million Nonprofit Workers Out of Retirement Benefits

When investing in Americans’ future, Congress should not exclude nonprofit workers.

Chitra Ayar

InterviewCulture

Goodbye Julia Brings Sudan Front and Center

Director Mohamed Kordofani discusses how the film became a powerful exploration of injustice and reconciliation.

Yassmin Abdel-Magied

LaborViewpoint

Keir Starmer Is Very Serious About the Status Quo

The UK's new Prime Minister, elected on July 4, won't touch the structures that helped him ascend to power—and that hold most working people in Britain down.

Sarah Jaffe

Viewpoint

"We Demand Justice": People's Tribunal Finds Marcos, Duterte and Biden Guilty of War Crimes

The Philippine government, with U.S. support, has engaged in violent, extralegal repression of activists, the tribunal found. The verdict is one step toward justice.

Wade Phillips, Chet Baughman and Azadeh Shahshahani

LaborInterviewPodcast

Liz Oliva Fernández on Life in Cuba Under U.S. Embargo

“I didn't know how the sanctions affected me or my friends.”

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborViewpoint

On Losing “the Greatest Teacher of Nonviolence in America”

Rev. James Lawson was my teacher, mentor and friend. We must commit to honoring his legacy.

Kent Wong

LaborViewpoint

"We are New Orleans”: A Workers’ Bill of Rights Finds Common Ground

“When we came up with the Workers' Bill of Rights, it wasn't just for one group, it was for all."

Sarah Jaffe

ViewpointElection 2024

Biden Bombed, But CNN Debate Moderators Set a New Benchmark for Cynicism

While the debate was a nightmare for team Biden, the moderators gave Trump's lies free rein—and ensured that it wasn't much of a debate at all.

Adam Johnson

LaborPalestine

We Can’t Let the Press Launder Israel’s War

A coalition of movement journalism organizations has come together to form Media Against Apartheid and Displacement, which sets out to uplift urgent reporting on the genocide.

Lara Witt and Maya Schenwar

LaborInterviewPodcast

South Baltimore Residents Have Had Enough of Rail Giant Pollution

Curtis Bay residents rallied at the CSX rail terminal with a simple demand: “We have to remove CSX for the health of our communities.”

Maximillian Alvarez