Why young workers are driving a wave of unionization
Increasing numbers of millennials and zoomers in the public sector, tech field, gig economy, nonprofit community, education and other sectors also view collective action as the path to a brighter future.
In a single year, $1.78 trillion was stolen from the working class
And much of the money workers should be getting is instead being pumped up to the top 0.3% of income earners.
Islam wasn’t the threat—Islamophobia was
Since September 11th, Muslim Americans have suffered bitterly from discrimination and hate crimes in this country, while their religion has been demonized.
The ‘Freedom’ convoy: Canada’s far right revolt
Unfortunately, some of those involved in the convoy and on online forums dedicated to it have called for a January 6th style event in Ottawa
Former Louisville cop sentenced to prison for using excessive force
Recorded on police body cam video striking a kneeling protester in the head with a riot stick, a former Kentucky police officer...
Biden moves to block student debt victory
The president created draconian bankruptcy laws — now his administration appears to be trying to overturn a ruling that helps those bankrupted by student loans.
Standing Rock withdraws from ongoing environmental assessment of Dakota Access Pipeline
The Standing Rock Sioux tribe has withdrawn as a cooperating agency from the U.S Federal government’s ongoing environmental assessment of the Dakota...
Tax-dodging billionaire dynasties could cost US $8.4 trillion
Over the next few decades, the richest American families could avoid paying about $8.4 trillion in taxes, or more than four times...
Off-duty NYPD cop charged with assault as a hate crime
NYPD Officer Riggs Kwong is accused of using anti-Muslim slurs on video before beating a motorist until he lost consciousness.
A police car hit a kid on Halloween 2019. The NYPD is quashing a...
Civilian investigators found that officers engaged in serious misconduct, including hitting one boy with a car, pointing a gun at another and wrongly arresting three teens. Then the NYPD intervened.