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![The Starbucks emblem is seen on a reusable coffee cup in Annapolis, Maryland, on February 2, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0116-starbucks-400x300.jpg)
SCOTUS Will Hear Starbucks Case Arguing Against Key Labor Law Enforcement Tool
“Starbucks just expanded its war on its own employees to a war on all U.S. workers,” the union said.
![From left: Warren Buffett, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are among the five richest men in the world.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0112-buffett-musk-bezos-400x300.jpg)
World’s 5 Richest Men Have Added $14M to Their Wealth Every Hour Since 2020
Elon Musk was the biggest winner of the last three years, multiplying his fortune by over seven times.
![Striking Andover teachers gathered on the Town Common in Andover, Massachusetts, on November 13, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1783382736-400x300.jpg)
Massachusetts Teachers Are Making Waves and Winning Demands With Illegal Strikes
Public school workers can't legally strike in Massachusetts, but that hasn't stopped these teachers.
![An Uber / Lyft driver is pictured at LAX Airport in Los Angeles, California, on August 20, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0112-uber-lyft-400x300.jpg)
Uber, Lyft and DoorDash Workers May Gain Employee Benefits Under New Labor Rule
The new rule could ease the precarity of gig workers’ labor conditions, but companies have vowed to oppose it.
![U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 1040 Individual Income Tax forms.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0110-1040s-400x300.jpg)
In 41 States, Richest 1 Percent Pay Lowest Tax Rate of Any Group
In 34 states, the families with the lowest incomes pay the highest tax rate of any other group.
![Boeing Supplier Ignored Safety Warnings Before Jet Door Blowout](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/SEG1-Spirit-AeroSystems-Split-400x300.jpg)
Workers at Boeing Subcontractor Told to Falsify Records, New Investigation Finds
“Employees had tried to warn corporate officials about serious safety problems,” says David Sirota of The Lever.
![The California Faculty Association's week of strikes continues at the Cal State LA campus in Los Angeles, California, on December 6, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1836107434-400x300.jpg)
California Faculty Association Escalates Strike Actions Ahead of Contract Battle
Demands include paid family leave, gender-inclusive restrooms, rules for expanding workloads and campus police reforms.
![United Auto Worker members stand in a picket line outside of the Ford Motor Co. Kentucky Truck Plant in the morning hours on October 14, 2023, in Louisville, Kentucky.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0104_uaw-400x300.jpg)
Senate Democrats Warn Auto Makers to Not Interfere With Sweeping UAW Union Drive
The lawmakers raised concern that some automakers have already engaged in illegal anti-union moves.
![Elon Musk attends Atreju 2023, a conservative political festival, on December 16, 2023, in Rome, Italy.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/01/2024_0104-elon-musk-400x300.jpg)
US’s Wealthiest Collectively Held $8.5 Trillion in Untaxed Assets in 2022
“This is why we need a billionaire income tax,” Americans for Tax Fairness said.
![Military personnel take part in the Defense Shield 23 multinational battle group military exercises as U.S. national flag is seen in Novo Selo, Bulgaria, on May 29, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1258269316-400x300.jpg)
We Must Reckon With the Most Dangerous System of Extinction Humans Ever Created
Capitalism, especially U.S. militarized capitalism, is a structural extinction force we need to confront foremost.