Wednesday, May 27, 2026

How unions safeguard workers’ sweat equity

When companies do threaten to close worksites, unions step up to preserve jobs and protect communities.
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“Here I am”: Meet a descendent of one of 272 enslaved people sold on...

“Ours, as Americans, is an uninterrupted line of inheritance that many of us refuse to believe that we are descendants of.”

The justice McDonald’s workers seek workers at Spain’s Mondragón have found

We don’t have to organize our economy around enterprises that pay CEOs over 1,000 times what workers make.

Happy ThanksGetting Day

This column is just about one tiny example of the unfairness of this current corporate/capitalist system.

How mass protest created a breakthrough on the climate crisis in the Netherlands

In the fall of 2023, activists with Extinction Rebellion Netherlands, or XR NL, were able to create an important whirlwind moment that may serve as a model for the next wave.

Native American communities have the highest suicide rates, yet interventions are scarce

“It’s about time we had this line. To be able to connect people with resources and listen to them is something I can’t explain except that I was in a situation where I wanted someone to hear me and talk to.”

How long can Palantir’s monopoly last?

After another meteoric year, the U.S. data software giant’s dominance could be tested by growing competition and scrutiny.

‘Epic Fail:’ Feminism and Ecological Crises

It seems homo sapiens’ domination of Earth is coming to an end as the result of today’s processes of resource extraction and waste generation. What can we do to change this trajectory, and is this conversation unavoidable?

From Crispus Attucks to Michael Brown: Race and Revolution

More than 245 years ago the killing of Crispus Attucks launched a revolution in the streets of Boston. Fast forward to Michael Brown and two things still remain clear: "We never know what sparks a revolution and black lives matter."

Trump ICE crackdown has separated an estimated 145,000 US citizen children from detained parents,...

A Brookings Institution study suggests the scale of family separation tied to Trump’s expanded immigration detention campaign is far greater than previously documented, with more than 22,000 American children left without any live-in parent at home.