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Poor Communities Are Paying the Price for "Free" AI Tools

AI data centers produce massive noise pollution, use huge amounts of water and keep us hooked on fossil fuels.

Dan Howells and Todd Larsen

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Pensions Can Be Labor’s Weapon

Workers' pensions can help seed the ground for the next generation of union members. It's time to go on offense.

Hamilton Nolan

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Could a “Maximum Wage” Combat Billionaire Power?

Nearly a decade after Portland passed a landmark law to rein in CEO pay, social movements should aim to replicate the city’s success across the country.

Celeste Pepitone-Nahas

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The Trump Admin Is Brazenly Exploiting Charlie Kirk’s Killing to Silence Dissent. Will Democrats Take Notice?

MAGA world is swiftly channeling outrage over Kirk’s murder into efforts to attack nonprofits and discipline liberals and the Left. Democratic leadership seems uninterested in stopping them.

Adam Johnson

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“Starbucks Is on the Ropes,” Says SBWU President Lynne Fox, Who Is Eyeing a Strike

"Investors should know that if Starbucks continues to stonewall and fight with union baristas, they aren’t afraid to do what it takes to win the fair contract that they’ve earned," Fox writes. "This includes going on strike if they must."

Lynne Fox

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Trepidation, Defiance and Déjà Vu Mark Mexican Independence Day in Chicago

“The important thing is that they’ve held it, they’re not intimidated, and we’re showing who we are and celebrating our history, our culture and our traditions."

Lilia Fernández

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The Real Estate Pity Party

Tenant power helped carry Zohran Mamdani to victory—and the landlord lobby is none too pleased.

Thomas Birmingham and Rebecca Burns

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Democratic Leadership Still Hasn’t Caught Up to the Party’s Base on Gaza

Amid growing calls for an end to U.S. support for Israel among Democrats, the consensus is starting to shift—even if the establishment tries to stand in the way.

Stephen Zunes

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Fighting Fascism Through Solidarity

Fascism depends on scapegoating, isolation and fear. Embracing the concept that “an injury to one is an injury to all” is an essential tool to fight back.

Naomi Braine

LaborViewpoint

Trump to Coal Miners: Drop Dead

The administration keeps delaying a life-saving safety rule—while claiming to love coal miners.

Kim Kelly

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How Zohran Mamdani Achieved Escape Velocity from Politics as Usual

An optimistic, disciplined Left can draw centrists into the coalition—by rejecting their politics.

Dania Rajendra and Rebecca Vilkomerson

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New Orleans’ History Is America’s History, and Katrina Is America’s Possible Future

The disaster that struck the Gulf Coast 20 years ago was not an aberration but a product of U.S. history.

Andy Horowitz

ViewpointPolitics

Why Does the New York Times Keep Ignoring Polls Showing Mamdani Leading with Jewish Voters?

Polling shows mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in a commanding lead with Jewish New Yorkers, but you won’t read about it in the paper of record.

Adam Johnson

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An Authoritarian Dress Rehearsal

The spectacle of Trump’s Washington takeover may be fascist pageantry, but it’s also something more.

Alberto Toscano

LaborViewpoint

The Labor Movement Is in a Fight for Its Existence Against a Neofascist Threat

For unions to survive, they must embrace antifascism.

Bill Fletcher, Jr.

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Conservatives’ Long War on Free Thought

Trump’s escalating attacks on higher education represent a centuries-long drive to kill the Socratic spirit.

Matt McManus

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Don’t Single Out Military Deportations, Dismantle the Deportation Machine

Military veterans and their families should not be deported. But neither should other immigrants. Let’s reject a politics of “deservingness” and protect everyone.

Sofya Aptekar

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Zohran’s Political Revolution

Mamdani's win in the New York City Democratic primary shows that the old tricks of the political establishment are dying out—and something new is being born.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

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What the Left Must Learn from Mamdani

Our role on the Left is to set aside our cynicism and push through the specter of electoral losses to help set the table for our political future.

Alex Han

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Zohran Mamdani, Black Voters and the Left

Looked at closely, Mamdani’s campaign shows the crucial role—and potential—of Black voters in America’s insurgent left political coalition.

Asha Ransby-Sporn

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An Injury to All

What unites the disparate parts of a diverse workers’ movement can be the understanding that “an injury to one” truly is an injury to all.

Alex Han

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Here's How Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" Will Make Life in America Worse

The budget bill passed by Republicans and signed by President Trump represents the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich since chattel slavery.

Sarah Anderson and Lindsay Koshgarian

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Defending the Indefensible

As Western governments repress Palestine solidarity and enable Israel’s impunity, the “liberal international order” is no longer bothering to manufacture consent.

Alberto Toscano

ViewpointPalestine

Palestine Action: Peace Activists, Not Terrorists

Despite United Nations experts urging British lawmakers to rethink plans to use terrorism laws against the protest group Palestine Action, the punishment of the group is in full swing.

Hil Aked