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The Right Will Seize on Anti-Semitism. We Can't Give Them the Chance.

The hatred of Jews is a potent political tool.

Naomi Klein

Labor

Chicago Grads Want To Turn the City Into a “Powerhouse of Organizing”

The higher ed organizing wave is finally hitting Chicago as Northwestern and UChicago grads look to unionize.

Sara Van Horn

LaborDispatch

Fighting Anti-Abortion Extremists — And The Boss

Workers fighting to unionize and protect reproductive rights face the threat of retaliation.

Stephen Franklin

Viewpoint

What the Progressive Wing of the Democratic Party Has Planned Next

Rather than taking a back seat, progressives are using their expanded ranks to flex their muscle in Congress—and transform the Democratic Party.

Larry Cohen

LaborViewpoint

Stop Cowering Before This Half-Bright Florida Fascist

Ron DeSantis wants to break the unions and make a temporary advantage permanent.

Hamilton Nolan

Rural America

Roundup Caused Her Cancer, but Bayer Won’t Pay Settlement Because She’s an Undocumented Farmworker, Lawsuit Says

Elvira Reyes-Hernandez was diagnosed with cancer after working for years with the weed killer on Virginia tree farms.

Sky Chadde

Labor

The Union Membership Rate Has Dropped to a Historic Low. It Doesn't Have to Be This Way.

A new report offers a grim look at that the state of labor nationally, but that's not the whole picture.

C.M. Lewis

Culture

A Community Archive Documents Decades of Radical Activism Against Police Brutality

A look at Interference Archive's “Defend / Defund” exhibit.

Rohan Montgomery

Viewpoint

After a Record Year for Police Violence, Is It Finally Time to Defund the Police?

As law enforcement budgets have continued to increase, so have the number of killings by police officers. To reverse this trend, funding could be reallocated to social programs, as racial justice advocates have long called for.

Sonali Kolhatkar