Battling a mining Goliath on two continents
Environmental activists have made some important strides in confronting the Australian mining company Lynas.
How the wealthy save billions in taxes by skirting a century-old law
Goldman Sachs and others have helped billionaires like Steve Ballmer see huge tax savings by selling stocks for a loss and then replacing them with nearly identical investments.
Social Security benefits are not a gift, but a sacred contract with working people
“We put money into it. We deserve it back.”
Rail workers blame fiery train crash in Ohio on Wall Street profit-seeking
"The PSR-driven carriers, driven to cut costs and crew time by any means necessary, cut corners and leave crews and the public at risk."
How worker ownership builds community wealth and a more just society
Community wealth building initiatives are taking hold in cities across the world, strengthening worker pay, local economies and democracy.
Behold, the new GOP culture wars
The Republican Party’s latest wave of attacks against anyone who threatens the white supremacist patriarchy is couched in false concern for health and well-being.
‘More training’ is not the answer to police terror
The death of Tyre Nichols doesn’t have to be in vain – there are numerous opportunities for action at the local and national level to rein in out of control police terror.
How corporations hope to eviscerate workers’ right to strike
Corporations so fear this kind of worker power that they’re asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rig the scales and help them kill future strikes before they even begin.
‘Death sentence for women and families’: US court blocks domestic violence gun ban
The court ruled that the law prohibiting people with domestic violence restraining orders from owning guns "fails to pass constitutional muster," and that the ban is an outlier "that our ancestors never would have accepted."
What determines the success of movements today?
The importance of timing, external factors and luck certainly leave some open questions.