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Dr. Liz Theoharis of the Poor People’s Campaign discusses the role of media in suppressing the working class movement—and how stories of people fighting back can be used to inspire others.
The spectacle of frenzied tech bros gave us all a good laugh, but the bailout and rebound to come will only harm labor in the end, notes author Malcolm Harris.
Former Baltimore Black Panther and 44-year political prisoner Eddie Conway passed away on Feb. 13, 2023. Eddie’s family and coworkers reflect on his life and example.
“This is all so inspiring—and at the same time, so dreadful to know that all these forces have been silent for so long on apartheid. Silent, or actively participating and profiting from it,” said one Israeli journalist.
In Feb., veteran journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Seymour Hersh dropped a bombshell report detailing how President Joe Biden ordered the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines.
For a variety of sordid and explicitly racist reasons, agricultural workers in the US were deliberately exempted from the provisions circumscribed by the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. To this day, workers in this industry remain some of the most exploited and underrepresented across the workforce.
As more states and districts around the country push for legalization, the cannabis industry has exploded in recent years, but the vast majority of cannabis workers are not reaping the benefits of the booming profits.
Not only have none of the hawks who promoted, cheerled, or authorized the criminal invasion of Iraq ever been held accountable, they’ve since thrived: they’ve found success in the media, the speaking circuit, government jobs, and cushy think tank gigs, and they currently occupy the Oval Office.
The push by Republicans and industry lobbyists to roll back child labor laws in states like Arkansas, Iowa, and Ohio are part of a larger attack on workers and the federal government’s ability to enforce labor standards.
Over 150 journalists have been assassinated in Mexico since 2000. Behind the killings is a nexus of corruption and violence that links organized crime, police, and government.
“If you think the U.S. needs a TikTok ban and not a comprehensive privacy law regulating data brokers, you don’t care about privacy, you just hate that a Chinese company has built a dominant social media platform,” said one digital rights campaigner.
A routine encounter with a Weymouth, Massachusetts, police officer led to an aggressive arrest ending with life changing charges against an innocent motorist.
Thousands demonstrate in front of White House to demand an end to the US war machine
Over 200 organizations participated in a rally and march this weekend to fight for peace in Ukraine and an end to US escalation.
British tanks gifted to Ukraine will come equipped with controversial depleted uranium rounds.
With public safety front and center in Chicago’s runoff mayoral election, Brandon Johnson, a public school teacher, has emerged as a powerful contender against police union-backed candidate Paul Vallas.
Over 200 organizations participated in a rally and march this weekend to fight for peace in Ukraine and an end to US escalation.