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Hundreds of protestors kneel on the ground in prayer, and fill the image kneeling shoulder to shoulder. Some are wearing keffiyehs, and a Palestinian flag is on the ground at the forefront of the picture.

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

PalestineCulture

Letter From Gaza: "Birdsong One Minute, Missiles the Next"

"We live a bitter existence, facing the specter of death daily, under the weight of an unjust oppressor."

Iman Al-Haj

Labor

UAW Members Ratify Deal with the Big Three

We spoke with autoworkers across the Big Three about how they planned to vote.

Mindy Isser

ViewpointPalestine

Biden’s Unflinching Support for Israel’s War on Gaza Is Derailing His Reelection Chances

As the horrifying human toll in Gaza escalates, voters are calling on the president to call for a ceasefire. He ignores them at his own peril.

Peter Certo

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

FeatureEn Español

Los Golpes De Calor Están Matando a Los Trabajadores. ¿Por Qué Es Tan Difícil Protegerlos?

No existe un estándar federal de calor, y los cabilderos, intereses corporativos, y aquellos con agendas ferozmente anti-regulatorias han sido vocales para mantenerlo así.

Maurizio Guerrero

Feature

Workers Are Dying From the Heat: Why Is It so Hard to Protect Them?

No federal heat standard exists and lobbyists, corporate interests and those with fiercely anti-regulatory agendas have been vocal and active in keeping it that way.

Maurizio Guerrero

LaborInterviewPodcast

UPS and Autoworkers Are Inspiring a Wave of Worker Militancy. Who’s Next?

The UAW reached tentative agreements with each of Detroit's Big Three automakers. Workers around the country are watching.

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

LaborPalestineInterviewPodcast

"I Want American Workers to Be United to Make the Occupation Costly, to Make the Israeli Apartheid Costly."

Palestinian activist Issa Amro calls on U.S. workers to fight for for justice and an end to the occupation.

Maximillian Alvarez

Viewpoint

"The Time to Pass This Law Is Now": The Congressional Testimonies of Ady Barkan

"I needed Medicare for All yesterday. Millions of people need it today. The time to pass this law is now."

Ady Barkan

LaborViewpoint

A General Strike in 2028 Is a Uniquely Plausible Dream

The UAW's call for unions to align their contract expirations is legitimately achievable. But the work starts now.

Hamilton Nolan

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

Feature

How Chicago Took a Major Step Toward Tackling the City's Housing Crisis

In a victory for Mayor Brandon Johnson's agenda, City Council members approved a referendum on the Bring Chicago Home ordinance that will ask voters if the city should enact a progressive real estate tax to confront homelessness.

Kari Lydersen

Closeup of Shawn Fain mid-speaking to a worker who is facing away from the camera; UAW strike sign in the background.

Exclusive: UAW President Shawn Fain on How the Auto Workers Won and What’s Next

Fain talks with Steven Greenhouse about a unified working class, new organizing, battery plants, Biden and Trump.

Steven Greenhouse and Shawn Fain

PalestineInterview

Democrats Cannot "Have Double Standards": An Interview With State Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid

Rashid, the first Palestinian in the Illinois General Assembly, talks with Nashwa Bawab about Gaza, Biden, Wadea Al-Fayoume, and the settler attack on his childhood home of Turmusaya.

Nashwa Bawab

A view of Cacapon State Park in West Virginia.

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

LaborPalestine

The Next Target for Protests Against Israel: Ports

Hundreds of protesters took action at ports in Oakland and Tacoma to try and stop the Cape Orlando's progress. Meanwhile, dockworkers in Barcelona called for a cease-fire and announced they would not work on ships carrying weapons.

Kim Kelly

ViewpointPalestine

Here are 3 Ways the U.S. Media Tries to Justify Israel’s Attacks on Civilians in Gaza

From the use of terms such as “human shields,” “terror tunnels” and “Hamas strongholds,” media outlets are covering for Israel’s devastating bombing campaign on Palestinians.

Adam Johnson