Friday, May 23, 2025

Over 4,000 factory workers laid off as Trump tariffs spark economic chaos

A wave of mass layoffs across the U.S. exposes the real cost of Trump’s trade war, as union leaders and lawmakers warn of deepening instability in American manufacturing.

10 organizing principles for defeating Trumpism 2.0

We need principles that build power now and for the long term. 

Inside ICE Air: Flight attendants on deportation planes say disaster is ‘only a matter...

For migrants who have spent months or years trying to reach this country and live here, it is the last act, the final bit of America they may experience.

Wisconsin AG sues to stop Musk’s voter cash giveaway as courts allow $1 million...

Attorney General Josh Kaul argued Musk’s multimillion-dollar voter giveaway violated state bribery laws, but legal challenges failed to block the handouts before Wisconsin’s high-stakes Supreme Court election.

Global “Tesla Takedown” protests erupt against Musk’s role in Trump administration

Tens of thousands gathered at Tesla dealerships worldwide to protest Elon Musk’s leadership of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, calling for mass boycotts of Tesla stock and vehicles.

The infinities of genocide abroad feed secret police at home

Strange how horror can oscillate into absurdity and back at ever accelerating rates. And strange how it rebounds to undermine basic American rights at home.
video

‘Kidnapped’: 1,000+ protest after masked ICE agents abduct Tufts Ph.D. student Rumeysa Ozturk

Surveillance video shows agents approaching her on the streets near her home Tuesday evening and handcuffing her while she screamed for help.

ICE agents accused of ‘kidnappings’ after snatching Tufts PhD student and farmworker organizer

Arrests of international student and labor organizer spark accusations of political repression and unconstitutional ICE tactics.

Monsanto to pay $2.1 billion in Roundup herbicide lawsuit filed in Georgia

This is the latest court battle Monsanto has faced over its herbicide.

How Musk sold out America’s veterans

The VA intends to fire more than 80,000 workers—many of them veterans themselves—in coming months.