Amazon intimidates workers amid historic union vote in Alabama as Jeff Bezos makes $7...
Amazon has fought off labor organizing at the company for decades, but workers in Baltimore, New Orleans, Portland, Denver and Southern California are now also reportedly considering union drives.
Marriott hotel strikers set a new industry standard
Their common demands focused on three areas – job security, workload, and wages and benefits – and the slogan, “One Job Should Be Enough.”
“Disaster patriarchy”: V (Eve Ensler) on how the pandemic has unleashed a war on...
“Women are losing their safety, their economic power, their autonomy, their education, and they are pushed onto the frontlines, where they are often used, unprotected and sacrificed.”
The triumph and tragedy of the Olympic Refugee Team
It's beautiful that there's an Olympic team for 82 million displaced people. But have we accepted mass displacement as the new normal?
Caged children and terrified infants: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee describes ‘acts of indecency’ at...
"So what I saw was a crisis continuing. Not in the making – a crisis continuing."
Nearly 2 million people in India could lose citizenship in biggest disenfranchisement in history
Nearly 2 million people in the northeast state of Assam are at risk of being rendered stateless in India after the government...
Washington Post Reporter Remains Held in Iranian Prison for a Year
While the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the U.S. State Department have called for his immediate release, Jason Rezaian remains detained in an Iranian prison. His fate resides in the hands of an infamous judge known for committing human rights abuses.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Infowars gets banned, U.S. Fish and Wildlife turns against saving the bees, and more.
The Various Shades of Black… and Green
The hit film of 2018 was Peter Farrelly's Green Book. The film takes place in 1962, and was based on a true story...
Change, love and the need for unity
Yes, perhaps unsurprisingly it’s all about love, and the absence of it. Unity is an expression of love.








