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$340 Million Anti-Labor Consulting Industry Is Behind Contemporary Union-Busting
Union-busting firms are teaching corporations to cynically co-opt progressive rhetoric as they crush worker organizing.
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Is Withdrawing From Treaties the Nuclear Weapons Industry’s Business Plan?
The manufacture and maintenance of nuclear weapons is a uniquely profitable business monopoly with a guaranteed market.
Cori Bush Invites Father of Ferguson’s Michael Brown to State of the Union
The 2014 police killing of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked mass protests that lasted over a year.
2 Florida School Districts Order Teachers to Cover or Remove Books in Classrooms
Florida is becoming "a laboratory of fascism," one critic noted in response to the book bans.
“Broken Windows Policing” Gave Rise to SCORPION Unit That Killed Tyre Nichols
Broken windows policing reflects racialized assumptions about what is disorder and which communities are disorderly.
Massive Inequality Is a “Concerted Elite Class Project,” Says Heather Gautney
It’s no accident that inequalities have widened under entrenched corporate power, says sociologist Heather Gautney.
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Neo-Nazi Couple Arrested Over Alleged Plot to Take Down Baltimore Power Grid
Brandon Russell, one of the alleged co-conspirators, is a founder of neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division.
Employers Are Charged With Breaking Federal Labor Law in 4 in 10 Union Elections
Labor advocates say employers’ willingness to break laws in union campaigns suggests labor laws must be strengthened.
DOJ Offers to Let Members of Congress See Details of Classified Docs Trump Took
An agreement between the DOJ and a bipartisan group of congressional lawmakers could come as soon as this week.
Blinken Cancels Trip to Beijing After US Shoots Down Suspected Spy Balloon
This comes after the Philippines agreed to allow the U.S. military to expand its presence there to counter China.
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Challenging the Corporate University
How can we move forward toward a more equitable and liberatory era in higher education?
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Cori Bush Invites Father of Ferguson’s Michael Brown to State of the Union
The 2014 police killing of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked mass protests that lasted over a year.
Police-Perpetrated Killings Are Public Executions — We Must Abolish Them
The normalization of extrajudicial killings is a hallmark of fascism where police assume the powers of judge and jury.
“Broken Windows Policing” Gave Rise to SCORPION Unit That Killed Tyre Nichols
Broken windows policing reflects racialized assumptions about what is disorder and which communities are disorderly.
As Mourners Gather for Tyre Nichols’s Funeral, Calls Grow for Abolition
Abolitionist Andrea Ritchie and Howard University Professor Justin Hansford discuss the need for structural change.