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New York, worker-organizers from the LDJ5 sortation center speak to the rally at the Amazon JFK8 fulfillment center about why they are voting to unionize

‘Jeff Bezos, your time is coming!’: Amazon workers on Staten Island bring the noise ahead of second union vote

by Maximillian Alvarez April 26, 2022April 26, 2022

Illustration of three people looking at their cellphones for COVID-19 data.

Economy and Inequality

How Big Tech used COVID to pull off one of the biggest grifts in history

by Maximillian Alvarez April 25, 2022April 25, 2022

US Senator Bernie Sanders speaks with Amazon workers during a rally outside the company building in Staten Island, New York City

Economy and Inequality

‘The time is now to stand up to our oligarchy,’ Sanders tells Amazon workers on eve of union vote

by Kenny Stancil April 25, 2022April 25, 2022

Politics and Movements: US

‘It’s everybody on campus versus the administration’: Indiana graduate workers strike for union recognition

by Mel Buer April 23, 2022April 23, 2022

Because the attacks against transgender kids are increasing across the country, Minneasotans hold a rally at the capitol to support trans kids in Minnesota, Texas, and around the country

Politics and Movements: US

Alabama parents seek emergency court order to block criminalization of trans youth care

by Kenny Stancil April 22, 2022April 22, 2022

Kenyon College students in support of the Kenyon Student Worker Organizing Committee

Side gigs and selling plasma: Undergraduate and graduate workers have had enough

by Maximillian Alvarez April 21, 2022April 21, 2022

Starbucks workers in Ithaca, New York, struck on April 16 over what they say are unfair labor practices meant to drive union supporters out of their jobs.

Economy and Inequality

Retaliation can’t stop growing Starbucks union

by Jonah Furman April 21, 2022April 21, 2022

Politics and Movements: US

Jailed for a crime she didn’t commit, Dreama Caldwell is now taking on the system

by Jaisal Noor April 20, 2022April 21, 2022

A worker cleans the wall of the Human Rights Campaign building

Economy and Inequality

The LGBTQ rights group that helped launder Amazon’s image

by Sarah Lazare April 19, 2022April 19, 2022

Demonstrators march against racism and police brutality and to defund the Minneapolis Police Department

Prisons and Policing

Nobody defunded the police: A study

by Andy Friedman and Mason Youngblood April 18, 2022April 18, 2022