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![People go shopping at a Whole Foods Market store, which is boarded up after a night of protest over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on June 1, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/GettyImages-1216821532-400x300.jpg)
Whole Foods Is Quietly Telling Workers Not to Show Black Lives Matter Support
Whole Foods workers are reportedly being sent home for wearing masks with the words or symbols of Black Lives Matter.
![The US flag is displayed at the Wilmington Oil Fields south of Los Angeles, California, on April 21, 2020, a day after oil prices dropped to below zero.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/2020_0626-usa-refinery-400x300.jpg)
It’s Time to Nationalize the Fossil Fuel Industry
We must institute public ownership of the fossil fuel industry to avert catastrophe, says economist Robert Pollin.
![Protesters stage a demonstration in front of the home of Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on June 24, 2020, in San Francisco, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/2020_0625-uber-protest-400x300.jpg)
Uber Drivers Protest Outside CEO’s Home to Demand Labor Protections
Uber has spent millions in efforts to avoid paying unemployment and other worker benefits.
![Immokalee farmworkers and their families protest outside Nelson Peltz's offices at Trian Partners in Manhattan on July 19, 2018, to demand that Wendy's, the final fast food hold-out from the Fair Food Program, make an unequivocal commitment to human rights.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/2020_0625-wendys-protest--400x300.jpg)
Wendy’s Chairman and Top Owner Is Trump Donor, Fundraiser and Friend
The Twitter campaign that scrutinized Wendy’s ties to Trump wasn’t wrong -- it just missed the other big Trump donor.
![Donald Trump speaks while holding an umbrella in the rain](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/2020_0622-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Senators Find Unspent $14 Billion After Trump Admits to Slowing COVID Testing
More than two dozen states on Sunday reported that their seven-day average of new coronavirus cases increased last week.
![Mitt Romney](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/2020_0622-mitt-romney-400x300.jpg)
Austerity Measures Have No Place in Next Coronavirus Relief Bill
Two congressional proposals put the burden of debt reduction on the poorest and most vulnerable Americans.
![Workers outside the Barnes & Nobles warehouse in Monroe, NJ, to demand closure for 2 weeks and paid time-off after several workers tested positive for COVID-19, on April 7, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/EVBqvmCXgAE7C1E-400x300.jpg)
When Barnes and Noble Warehouse Workers Got Sick, They Organized and Won
The labor movement has great potential for power in this country if it brings in those who have long been excluded.
![Farm laborers arrive early in the morning to begin harvesting on April 28, 2020, in Greenfield, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/GettyImages-1211310325-scaled-e1592673769612-400x300.jpg)
Undocumented Farmworkers Are Refusing COVID Tests for Fear of Losing Their Jobs
Anti-immigrant policies, a lack of basic labor protections and stigma could make outbreaks harder to contain.
![Donald Trump, alongside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Sen. John Barrasso (center), speaks to the media following the weekly Republican Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 19, 2020.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/GettyImages-1214037960-scaled-e1592664798229-400x300.jpg)
The GOP Is Getting Back to Business as Usual — Trying to Gut Social Programs
For Trump and the GOP, maintaining a façade of prosperity is necessary to keeping power.
![Masked protesters march while holding sineage](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/06/2020_0620-protest-400x300.jpg)
Amid Calls for a General Strike, Labor Will Shut Down 29 Ports on Juneteenth
The strength of police unions within larger unions is a barrier labor must confront during and after the port shutdowns.