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500 Days Into the Warrior Met Coal Strike, Where Are Joe Biden and the Democrats?

As Alabama miners fight for their rights, Democratic leaders are largely absent.

Feature

What Soaring Rent Prices Mean for Florida's Working Class

One St. Petersburg woman's struggle to survive the crushing weight of housing inequality.

McKenna Schueler

Viewpoint

The Economy Should Serve People. Not Vice Versa.

A simple shift in perspective can eradicate our taste for austerity.

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

Now That the IRA Is Law, the Climate Movement’s Fight Has Just Begun

After President Biden’s signing of a “historic” climate bill, environmental organizers have plenty of work ahead to undo the IRA’s worst provisions while keeping fossil fuels in the ground.

Mitch Jones

Labor

Ask a Railroad Worker: How Did Railroad Jobs Get So Bad?

As a national rail shutdown over mounting labor disputes looms in the US, it’s worth asking how we got here from the folks who know best—the workers themselves.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Lessons From a Radical Past: One Man’s Journey Into the Factories in the 1970s

A veteran of the New Left's turn to the factories tells his story.

Peter Olney

Labor

Heat Waves Are Putting Teamsters in Danger

UPS workers say the company is not doing enough to protect employees from scorching temperatures.

Mindy Isser

LaborViewpoint

Monkeypox Is a Workers' Rights Issue

The outbreak of monkeypox shows that workers need protections like paid leave and just cause to help protect public health.

s.e.smith

Labor

Chipotle Shut Down Its Only Unionized Store. Organizers Say It’s Retaliation.

While the company denies the closure is related to union activity, it fits a larger pattern of union-busting efforts at other franchises like Starbucks and Heine Brothers’ Coffee.

Maximillian Alvarez

PalestineCulture

In The Face of Lifelong Terror, Gaza Speaks Truth To Power

A Palestinian asked how many deaths will be enough. He was recently killed.

Refaat Alareer

ViewpointRural America

No, More Pipelines Aren’t the Solution to High Gas Prices

Reviving Keystone XL wouldn’t lower gasoline prices but it would increase carbon emissions, environmental destruction and toxic pollution.

Ted Williams

LaborDispatch

Intelligentsia Workers Vote to Unionize, Fueling the Fire of Coffee Industry Organizing

Workers at the coffee chain have joined fellow baristas at Starbucks and Colectivo in unionizing their workplaces.

Jeff Schuhrke

FeatureInvestigationGoodman Institute

Inside Lockheed Martin’s Sweeping Recruitment on College Campuses

The engineering degree to defense industry pipeline.

Indigo Olivier

Viewpoint

Robert Reich: Trump Is Getting the Search of His Mar-a-Lago Estate All Wrong

While Trump claims the search was an "assault" orchestrated by forces seeking to stop him from running for president, in reality the Justice Department is just carrying out an investigation into potential crimes.

Robert Reich

Labor

Damning Report Shows Unions Have Plenty of Money to Organize—They Just Don't Spend It

For the past decade, organized labor has gotten richer even as it watched its membership decline.

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

Black Women Will Face the Brunt of Abortion Bans. The Solution Is Universal Healthcare.

Those who claim to be “pro-life” should also advocate for a healthcare system that guarantees support for Black mothers and babies most at-risk due to the overturning of Roe.

Princella Talley

DispatchRural America

How a Small Town in Maine Stopped a Silver Mine

A Canadian company planned to mine silver nearby, so town residents used Maine's “home rule” powers to ban industrial mining and protect their water.

Julia Conley

LaborDispatch

Starbucks Holds Life-Saving Benefits Over Trans Workers' Heads

Managers are wielding a new weapon against unions: gender-affirming healthcare

Zane McNeill