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Mining Companies Strike Gold by Destroying Public Lands

Indigenous tribes sound the alarm about a mining boom

Stephanie Woodard

Labor

These Baristas Have Been on Strike for Over 3 Months to Get Their Union Recognized

At Great Lakes Coffee, workers are on the picket line demanding their rights—part of a growing national movement to organize the cafe industry.

Hannah Faris

Viewpoint

Don’t Let a School Shooting Become a Story About the Police

Guns are the issue. A lot of the political establishment wants you to forget that.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

How Amazon and Starbucks Workers Are Upending the Organizing Rules

Workers are leading. Unions should support them or get out of the way.

Chris Brooks

Rural America

They Pick Food All Day, But Many Farmworkers Go to Sleep Hungry

Immigrant farmworkers in the U.S. often live in food deserts without access to the fruits and vegetables they spend their days harvesting.

Astra Lincoln

Feature

The Pentagon Is Protecting and Funding the Same Gun Makers Democrats Want to Regulate

Daniel Defense, the company that made the gun used by the Robb Elementary shooter, has been handed over 100 federal contracts.

Sarah Lazare

Labor

Meet the Tongan-American Unionist on a Pilgrimage To Support Striking Workers Around the U.S.

A conversation with Tevita 'Uhatafe, a rank-and-file member of the Transport Workers Union Local 513 in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Starbucks. Amazon. Now, Trader Joe’s Is Unionizing.

Workers are pushing for the grocery store chain’s first union.

Jeremy Gantz

Labor

As Illinois Coal Jobs Disappear, Some Are Looking to the Sun

While Illinois phases out coal, clean energy jobs hold promise—both for displaced coal workers, and those harmed by the fossil fuel economy.

Kari Lydersen