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No Wheat, Milk, Rice, Medicines: How the U.S. and Israel Are Starving Yemen

The Trump administration announced a truce with the Houthi rebels on May 6, but this was after the United States had already bombed critical infrastructure for importing food and fuel.

Sarah Lazare

LaborDispatch

The Cost of Salt

India’s salt-production industry has seen massive growth over the past 75 years, but the working conditions of the country’s salt pan workers are deteriorating.

Pragathi Ravi

Housing

Two Tenant Unions, One Rent Strike

How renters in two Chicago neighborhoods found each other—and fought back—when the same investor planned to displace them.

Rebecca Burns

Housing

Chicago’s Push for “Just Cause” Evictions

A new ordinance would stop landlords from evicting willy-nilly.

Rebecca Burns

Labor

A West Virginia Coal Miner Just Saved NIOSH’s Black Lung Program

A federal judge ordered the restoration of jobs in the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety’s Respiratory Health Division after a veteran coal miner filed a class action lawsuit arguing that the mass firings would lead to irreparable harm.

Kim Kelly

ViewpointPolitics

Two Years After Electing a Mayor, Chicago’s Left Keeps Contesting for Power

Movement-backed Mayor Brandon Johnson and a record class of progressive alders took office exactly two years ago. I spoke with more than a dozen organizers about what we’ve won, what we’ve learned about power and what’s still to be done to deliver a more equitable city.

Asha Ransby-Sporn

Viewpoint

Forget America First—Under Trump, It's Corporations First

Big corporations donated heavily to Trump’s inaugural fund. Just a few months later, federal cases against them are being dropped.

Rick Claypool

PalestineInterview

The Best Protection For Students Is a Mass Movement

A conversation with Momodou Taal, the Cornell student suing the Trump Administration for repression against students.

Nidaa Lafi and Momodou Taal

Labor

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