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Viewpoint
Want To Fix the Debates? Shut Down the Trump-Style Theatrics.
The sensationalist, ratings-first format needs to change—and candidates should boycott debates until it does.
Susan J. Douglas
Feature
Kamala Harris Pledged To Halt Fracking. Her Foreign Policy Advisor Wants The Opposite.
If ‘personnel is policy,’ then the choice of Michèle Flournoy suggests a President Harris would expand oil and natural gas extraction.
Branko Marcetic
Feature
For Incarcerated Workers, Summer Heat Can Be a Death Sentence
Incarcerated workers are subject to cruel--and dangerously hot--conditions in the summer. This will only worsen with climate change.
Ella Fassler
Labor
The Future of U.S. Jobs Looks Bleak. Unions Are the Answer.
Heidi Shierholz
Feature
This Community Stopped ICE From Using Its Airport To Deport Thousands of Immigrants
Thanks to local organizing, King County International Airport no longer provides ground support for ICE.
Lena Elmeligy
Feature
Unions Have Supported Democrats for Decades. It’s Time for Dems To Keep Their Promises.
Unions have played a critical role in helping Democrats get elected. What do they have to show for it?
Diana Babineau
Dispatch
Fighting Asthma with Compost
The Baltimore Compost Collective wants Baltimore to adopt curbside composting, to address the city’s air pollution problem.
Jesse James DeConto
Feature
U.S.-Assisted Raid in Somalia Killed Two Civilians, Villagers Say
The testimony provides a rare window into U.S. ground operations in Somalia
Amanda Sperber
Rural America
When Ecosystems Suffer, So Do Humans: To Heal People We Need to Heal the Planet
Amaya Mikolič-Berrios
Labor
From Victories to Union Militancy, 5 Reasons for Workers to Celebrate This Labor Day
Rebecca Burns
Feature
New York Took On the Real Estate Industry and Won. Illinois Could Be Next.
Organizers in Illinois can learn important lessons from New York’s groundbreaking victory on rent laws.
Max Budovitch
Labor
For Incarcerated Workers, Summer Heat Can Be a Death Sentence
Ella Fassler
Culture
A Worker’s Place Is in the Museum
A new exhibit in New York honors the state's labor history.
Joel Bleifuss
Labor
8 Unions Have a Plan for Climate Action—But It Doesn’t Mention Fighting the Fossil Fuel Industry
Rachel M. Cohen
Feature
Joe Biden and the Disastrous History of Bipartisanship
Biden says he wants to bring the parties together. But for 50 years, that's meant the Right winning every time.
Branko Marcetic
Feature
Sanders and Warren Released Criminal Justice Plans This Week. Here’s What’s Good, Bad and Missing.
The plans are a good starting point, but they are far from the finish line.
Dan Berger and Kay Whitlock
Feature
Bernie Sanders Calls To Seize the Means of Electricity Production
The presidential candidate's new climate plan includes moving toward 100% public ownership of power.
Johanna Bozuwa
Labor
Bernie Sanders’ Labor Plan Could Put a Union in Every Workplace in America
Shaun Richman
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