Wednesday, July 1, 2026

How Trump’s immigration dragnet harms all US workers

In all, the nation has so far lost more than a million foreign-born workers amid Trump’s mass deportation campaign.

Who’s a bigger threat to democracy—immigrants, or billionaires?

Don’t be distracted by the anti-immigrant rhetoric this election. The real impact on democracy comes from moneyed elites.

The carbon soil opportunity: Organic farming helps counter climate change

Switching to organic products is an easy way to eat healthier and support the environment.

Is Joe Biden ready for the urgency of the climate crisis?

Candidate Joe Biden proposed the most ambitious climate policy of any presidential candidate in history. Can President Biden deliver?

Nike, Obama, and the Fiasco of the Trans Pacific Partnership

Obama will be delivering his defense of the proposed TPP at the Nike headquarters in Oregon thinking it is a good example of what he is hoping to accomplish. Unfortunately, Nike is not a solution but is, in fact, the very problem with this TPP proposal.

Trump wants $1.6 billion for the border wall. That covers just 74 miles.

All this for a boondoggle project most Americans continue to oppose.

How workers and management at one company teamed up to fight the pandemic

PCI and Local 286 recognized early on the importance of protecting workers from the virus and preparing for a possible role in distributing vaccines.

Workers matter and government works: Eight lessons from the pandemic

Here are some lessons we’ve learned from it.

ISDS a Corporate Cluster Bomb to Obliterate Our People’s Sovereignty

The Trans-Pacific Partnership would empower global corporations to "circumvent and even overturn our local, state and national laws"—a desecration of our nation's democratic ideals. It's time we rebel against the aristocracy of corporate elites.