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Amazon Union Effort in North Carolina Is Latest Attempt to Organize the South
The Amazon warehouse workers are fighting for paid sick leave, a one-hour lunch break and $30 an hour.
Left to Battle a Pandemic With Little Help, Nursing Aides Struggle With PTSD
COVID-19 has left health care workers across the US with a gutting sense of abandonment.
Congressional Dems Call Out Companies That Pay Execs More Than They Pay in Taxes
Among the 35 companies named and shamed were giants like Netflix, Ford and Tesla.
Hurricane Helene Causes Record Rainfall and Deadly Flooding Across US Southeast
Rapidly accelerated by the warming climate, Helene killed at least 42 in some of the worst flooding in recent memory.
The Death Penalty Is Always an Atrocity, Not Just for the Wrongfully Convicted
The death penalty should be applied neither to the guilty nor the innocent. We must abolish it.
Witness to Israel’s Attack on Aysenur Eygi Tells How Solidarity Work Lives On
Recent attacks by Israeli soldiers and settlers on US observers in the West Bank have led to serious injuries and death.
Hezbollah Confirms Leader Hasan Nasrallah Killed in Israeli Bombing of Beirut
The carpet-bombing, which leveled an entire residential block, sends Israel's war on Lebanon into uncharted territory.
Turning Point USA Is Cultivating a Pipeline for Young, Right Wing Candidates
The organization seems to be adapting the Federalist Society playbook. Progressives say this is a dangerous development.
Kansas City Tenants Launch National Rent Strike to Demand Federal Rent Cap
Striking renters are protesting dismal living conditions and demanding protection from abusive corporate landlords.
Longshoremen Threaten Strike as GOP Pushes Biden to Intervene in Contract Battle
Over 25,000 workers may walk off the job Tuesday, shutting down ports across the East Coast if a deal isn’t reached.