Saturday, April 4, 2026

Thousands picket as historic strike grips Colorado meatpacking giant

With roughly 3,800 union workers walking off the job, the dispute threatens to effect grocery stores and dinner tables across the country.

Civil Rights case probes racism behind Cancer Alley pollution

Federal lawsuit claiming local officials illegally pushed polluting industries into Black communities reaches new stage.

Where’s the resistance to the Iran war?

A majority of Americans already oppose the war in Iran, but the bombs won’t stop until public opinion is converted into real pressure.

How accent discrimination reinforces America’s deepest divides

The American Southern accent reveals how linguistic prejudice reinforces classism, regionalism, and subconscious bias across generations.

Americans skipping meals and delaying life decisions as healthcare costs strain households nationwide

New Gallup surveys show tens of millions of Americans cutting back on food, utilities, and daily necessities to pay medical bills while healthcare affordability worsens.

Veterans who depend on mental health care keep losing their therapists under Trump

Veterans are facing an array of problems: They can’t get the VA to call them back, they see trusted therapists leave and they can wait as long as six months for therapy.

Trump’s Iran war costs $1 billion a day while hospitals close and healthcare disappears

Critics warn the administration’s military campaign could fund food aid and healthcare for millions of Americans already struggling with rising prices.

A successful general strike requires trauma-informed mutual aid

To strike at scale and over the long-term, we need to build real trust so that we can lean on each other when the paychecks stop.

Documents reveal a web of financial ties between Trump officials and the industries they...

ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.

Ramadan under the blockade: The women of Havana’s only mosque

What will happen to the women living under the boot of the U.S. empire if women here sit back and merely wait for the next election cycle?