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Workers Kick Off Black Friday With “Biggest Ever Global Strike Against Amazon”
For years, Amazon workers across the globe have been walking off the job on Black Friday to demand better treatment.
As a Palestinian Mother, Here’s How I Talk to My Kids About the Genocide in Gaza
“When my children grow up, I hope they understand that they are Palestinian ... and that their existence is resistance.”
Discarded Toys Are Creating an Electronic Waste Crisis. Here’s How to Stop It.
Electronic toys are winding up in landfills — but they could be recycled, with better policies.
New Columbia River Treaty Must Prioritize Local Tribes and Ecological Concerns
A 60-year-old treaty between the U.S. and Canada to jointly manage the Columbia River is being renegotiated.
Private Equity Is Using Prison Phone, Food and Health Systems to Rack Up Profits
Private equity firms are capturing systems people in prison use and making them even more brutal and unaccountable.
Hunger Surges in US After Food Aid Cuts
The expiration of federal policies launched in the past few years has reversed recent successes in stemming hunger.
AOC Calls Out $20 Million Offer to Unseat Tlaib as “Corruption of Our Politics”
Hill Harper rejected the offer from a businessman to drop out of his senate race to run against Rep. Rashida Tlaib.
Anti-Abortion Groups Undeterred by Election Losses, Press On in Courts
Abortion opponents are seeking ways to work around voters and cancel out victories at the polls for reproductive rights.
State Dept. Official Resigns to Protest US Arms Sales to Israel
The former official cited the “uncontroversial fact that U.S.-provided arms should not be used to massacre civilians.”
Land Trust Empowers Indigenous Women in Ancestral Land Reclamation
Corrina Gould of the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust discusses rematriation and its power beyond tribal land return.