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Colombian Peasants Are Taking on an Irish Multinational— and Being Met With Violence

Indigenous leaders protesting cardboard packaging giant Smurfit Kappa Group face threats and retaliation.

Tomás Ó’Loingsigh

Labor

The Labor Movement Just Scored One of Its Biggest Victories in the South This Century

In Georgia, 1,400 workers at a school bus manufacturer voted to join the United Steelworkers, marking a watershed union victory in the region.

Luis Feliz Leon

LaborViewpoint

Rolling Back a Century of Progress, Republicans Are Reviving Child Labor

It might seem unimaginable that we're backsliding into the era of exploiting child labor. But that’s precisely what the GOP appears to be doing.

Sonali Kolhatkar

LaborInterviewPodcast

Southern Workers Are Building a Movement to be Reckoned With

“The South got something to say, workers here have something to say.”

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Minnesota Just Banned Captive Audience Meetings. Every State Should Follow Suit.

Minnesota just banned captive audience meetings, presumably understanding that it is unreasonable to force working people to attend mandatory meetings at which their boss delivers to them the equivalent of an Ayn Rand book reading.

Hamilton Nolan

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What It's Like to Have an Abortion Denied by Dobbs

Dobbs will throw many lives into disarray. Lationna Halbert’s is one of the first.

Bryce Covert

Departments

The Nakba Never Ends

Steve Askin wrote about the exclusion of Palestinians from Israeli “democracy” in 1984. On the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, his reflections are still too relevant.

In These Times Editors

InterviewCulture

“I Think I’m Done Striving”: Delia Cai Against the American Dream

After writing her debut novel, the Central Places author turns her ambitions to her community

Jireh Deng

LaborFeature

Les travailleurs de Iowa peuvent-ils affronter le géant de la viande, Tyson?

Les travailleurs essentiels qui ont eu un éveil de conscience pour améliorer leurs conditions de vie pendant la pandémie se battent maintenant pour un syndicat.

Luis Feliz Leon

Labor

Starbucks Union Workers Have a New Strategy to Win a First Contract

After over a year of delays, workers are done waiting on Starbucks to bargain in good faith—so they’re calling the company’s bluff by holding regional in-person bargaining meetings.

Saurav Sarkar

Viewpoint

The Left Case for the Trillion Dollar Coin

Gimmick? Maybe. Path out of the debt ceiling mess? Absolutely.

Maurice BP Weeks

LaborInterviewPodcast

A Nationwide UPS Strike Could Be Weeks Away

“[A strike] could capture the imagination of people who want a union, but want to join something that they feel is fighting for them.”

Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh

Viewpoint

Bernie and Brandon Endorse Biden. What's the Takeaway?

This shows what two hardnosed progressives believe they need from a national governing coalition.

Max Elbaum

Viewpoint

Helen Gym Lost, But Philly’s Progressive Movement Isn’t Going Anywhere

Gym may not have emerged victorious in the mayoral primary, but the labor-left coalition that powered her campaign has emerged as a formidable political force.

Mindy Isser

Cover StoryInvestigationGoodman Institute

The Young Miners Dying of “An Old Man’s Disease”

Black lung is completely preventable. And it's on the rise again.

Kim Kelly

Interview

“Chicago Is Leading the Way in Advancing a Real Political Alternative”

Brandon Johnson was inaugurated as Chicago mayor on Monday. What makes the Chicago working-class movement that elected him so different is its willingness to wage audacious fights over protecting and expanding public goods that seem unwinnable.

Micah Uetricht

Climate

Can Mayor Brandon Johnson Create a Green New Deal for Chicago?

Johnson ran on a promise to make environmental justice central to policy making. Now that he’s in office, organizers expect him to deliver.

Kari Lydersen

Last Year Was the Deadliest for Palestinians in the West Bank in Almost Two Decades. This Year Could Be Worse.

“People are running out of graves, they’re running out of space to bury people.”

Michael Veronda Hazou