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With Few Workplace Safety Protections, Latino Worker Deaths Are Surging

The statistics are sobering, and it's likely we're still undercounting: Only one-fourth of injuries suffered by Latino workers on small construction jobs are regularly reported, one study found.

Stephen Franklin

Viewpoint

Last Year, $1,748 of Your Taxes Went to Corporate Pentagon Contractors

On average, U.S taxpayers paid more to military contractors in 2023 than a month’s rent. Those are funds that could go to healthcare or education—but instead are being spent on war.

Lindsay Koshgarian

Viewpoint

Project 2025 Is Already Here

Core aspects of the far-right plan to overhaul U.S. government are already being put into place, through an anti-abortion influence campaign overseas.

Gillian Kane

Mamiran Nessa, a Bengali Muslim woman, spent 10 years in detention after the Indian government refused her proof of long-standing citizenship. She now lives on a river island rapidly eroding because of climate change.

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Hindu Nationalists Are Taking Notes—and Tech Support—From the Israeli Right

The state of Assam has become a laboratory of ethnonationalism, with warning signs of genocide ahead.

Ankur Singh

Labor

11 Lessons From 11 Years After the Rana Plaza Disaster

Corporate exploitation has a playbook, so should we.

Anna Canning and Sarah Newell

CultureClimate

This Earth Day, Common Ground Urges us to Rethink Our Relationship With Soil

Regenerative agricultural practices can be transformative, but only if we let them.

Siri Chilukuri

Labor

Volkswagen Workers in Chattanooga Vote "UAW, Yes!"—and Win Big

“With UAW’s win at Volkswagen, another gateway to the South has been opened. No longer will the wage-and-benefit standards of the million-strong auto workforce in the U.S. be set by the non-union portion of the industry."

Luis Feliz Leon

The Threats To U.S. Democracy Go Far Beyond Elections and the Courts

We need to do more than protect our elections. Getting money out of politics, repealing anti-dissent laws and ensuring more accountability from elected officials are equally important to democracy.

Basav Sen

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Lawsuit: Alabama Is Denying Prisoners Parole to Lease Their Labor to Meatpackers, McDonalds

No parole if you’re still profitable.

Kim Kelly

A young girl points a pink Polaroid at the camera as a man in a baseball cap looks on, laughing. They're in a living room cluttered with toys and photos.

Labor

The Nation’s Coal Miners Get a Rare Piece of Good News

MSHA’s new silica rule—recommended 50 years ago—could save thousands from black lung, although advocates worry about enforcement.

Kim Kelly

Labor

What Today's Labor Activists Can Learn From the Legacy of Ron Carey

The late Teamsters reform leader Ron Carey succeeded in turning around a corrupt and conservative union. Today’s labor reformers looking to revitalize their own unions can take lessons from his career.

Steve Early and Rand Wilson

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The War on Protest Is Here

Political repression is on the rise as the state finds new ways to criminalize dissent and collective action.

Adam Federman

The Political Coalition the Left Needs to Win

"The situation is, without question, daunting. But there are signs of possibility all around us—and the future is ours for the taking."

Alex Han

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Two Years In, These “Progressive” Companies Still Haven’t Negotiated First Union Contracts

The union wave at big U.S. retailers hasn’t yet resulted in first contracts for workers at Trader Joe’s, Starbucks and REI. But unions are proving their value in other ways.

Jeremy Gantz