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Will GM Workers Stay Out On Strike In Hopes of a Better Deal?

Chris Brooks and Jane Slaughter

Labor

Why I’m Voting No on UAW’s Deal With GM: A “Third-Tier” Worker Speaks

Mindy Isser

Viewpoint

Special coverage: Inside Chicago’s historic teachers’ strike

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Labor

Why Are Chicago Teachers Striking Against Mayor Lori Lightfoot? They’ve Been “Lied To” Before.

Kari Lydersen

Rural America

Trump Gaslights Farmers on Trade War, But They’re Catching On

Dave Dickey

Labor

How to Resolve the Chicago Teachers Strike? Tax the Rich.

Amisha Patel and Nathan Ryan

Labor

Trump Is Waging a War On Labor Unions, But You Wouldn’t Know It from CNN’s Dem Debate

Michael Arria

Feature

The U.S. Betrayal of the Kurds Is Five Years in the Making

Though Trump struck the match, the latest crisis in Syria is the predictable result of long-standing U.S. policy.

Patrick Lewis

Viewpoint

Why the Argument that Medicare for All Will Curtail “Freedom” Is So, So Wrong

Joe Biden and other centrists are deploying cynical arguments to defend the for-profit insurance system. We shouldn’t buy it.

Ben Palmquist

Labor

Chicago Teachers Won Public Support for Their Strike. Here’s How.

Jeff Schuhrke

Viewpoint

The coming Chicago teachers strike could be felt across the country

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Labor

What’s at Stake in Chicago Teachers’ Strike: Whether Unions Can Bargain for the Entire Working Class

Rebecca Burns

Dispatch

On Indigenous People’s Day, Anishinaabeg Leaders March Against Enbridge’s $7.5 Billion Oil Pipeline

The pipeline’s route would carry 760,000 barrels of oil per day, crossing 15 watersheds affecting 215 lakes, and violating Ojibwe treaty rights.

Amelia Diehl

Feature

Trump’s Betrayal of the Kurds Is Terrible, But the Answer Is Not Endless War

Like millions of others, the Kurds are victims of disastrous U.S. interventions in the region.

Khury Petersen-Smith

Rural America

A Fire Kept Burning: Mohawks In The North Country Work to Revive their Language

James Dinneen

Feature

Hundreds of Thousands Are Without Power Thanks to PG&E. This Shows Why We Need Public Ownership.

The utility giant's mass blackouts in California are just the tip of the iceberg.

Brooke Anderson

InvestigationGoodman Institute

Treated Like Meat: Women in Meatpacking Say #MeToo

At the world’s largest pork processing company, Smithfield Foods, workers say as long as lines are moving fast, supervisors who sexually harass them get a free pass.

Lauren Kaori Gurley

Feature

How the DCCC’s “Blacklist” Could Blow Up in the Democratic Establishment’s Face

The attacks on the party’s left flank might be backfiring. Just look at Marie Newman’s primary challenge to Dan Lipinski.

Natalie Shure