Friday, April 24, 2026

Tag: Striketober

Responding to Striketober, John Oliver produced the best report on union...

John Oliver understands that spreading information is easier when you bake a little humor in.

‘Striketober’ in full swing as nearly 100,000 workers authorize work stoppages

“You might say workers have declared a national general strike until they get better pay and improved working conditions,” said former Labor Secretary Robert Reich.

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Judge orders release of family after prolonged detention and reported neglect in ICE facility

Federal ruling finds continued detention risks constitutional violation after nearly a year of confinement, medical emergencies, and allegations of worsening conditions at Texas center.

Trump invokes wartime powers to expand fossil fuel production amid rising energy costs

Defense Production Act orders authorize federal support for oil, coal, liquefied natural gas, and grid infrastructure as industry profits increase during Iran conflict.
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‘Data Colonialism’: Native communities fight AI data centers on indigenous land

As tech companies set their sights on Indigenous lands, an activist said, “We’re always the one that ends up having to sacrifice our relationship to land, air, water, our communities and our nonhuman relatives.”

Just desserts: MAGA suicide pact climaxes its cult of destruction

The more bizarre the MAGA fable,/ The more desperate to finagle. Can hypocrites throttling the Bible/ Not make its movement suicidal?

When progress misleads: The hidden baseline problem in public-interest advocacy

Claims of success in animal welfare, climate policy, and corporate sustainability often rely on narrow metrics that obscure whether real-world harms are actually declining.