Truthout
Op-Ed
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.
Worker Ownership Builds Community Wealth and a More Just Society
Cooperative initiatives in cities across the world are strengthening worker pay, local economies and democracy.
How Chicago Teachers Stopped a Toxic Polluter From Poisoning Their Students
The victory against General Iron and Mayor Lori Lightfoot points the way to clean, green and fully funded schools.
Students and Parents Are Fighting to Save NYC’s Imperiled School Libraries
New York City law requires every school to have a staffed library, but students are increasingly left without one.
January 6 Report Obscured the Role of Racism in the “Stop the Steal” Movement
Donald Trump fired up white nationalists by naming individual Black election workers as spoilers of his alleged victory.
As Universities Submit to Neoliberalism and Fascism, Workers Must Fight Back
Faculty unions need to scale up organizing among academic workers to counter far right attacks on higher education.
Consequences of Brexit Are Surfacing as UK Faces Severe Labor Shortages
Unharvested crops are rotting in the U.K. amid a post-Brexit labor shortfall of 330,000 workers.
A Victory for Abolitionists: ICE-Run Immigration Prison Shuts Down Today
It took nearly a decade of exposing the patterns of abuse and neglect at the facility in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
BuzzFeed’s AI-Produced Content Experiment Is a Glimpse Into a Bleak Future
We can expect a media universe where a shrinking labor force is exploited to feed ChatGPT so it can churn out clickbait.
We Must Refuse “Normal Life” After Police Violence Like Killing of Tyre Nichols
We do not have to throw ourselves back into capitalist normalcy after acts of state violence are inflicted on us.