From SAG-AFTRA to local unions like the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the industry of media is facing a reckoning. And workers are proving that they’ll hold the line as long as it takes.
Posted inUncategorized
US to begin sending depleted uranium shells to Ukraine
If the US deploys depleted uranium shells to Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to retaliate with DU rounds.
Posted inEconomy and Inequality
Summer of Strikes, Summer of Solidarity: LA workers lean on each other
As the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes continue in Los Angeles, film and television workers are finding support from fellow workers, from hotel employees to the Teamsters.
Posted inBaltimore
Keeping the griot tradition alive in Baltimore
‘The art of Blackstorytelling must not, cannot, die,’ says Janice Curtis Greene.
Posted inEconomy and Inequality
To end racism, we need to rebuild the economy
“Corporations and politicians, they know they’ll face less resistance if they target harm to fall predominantly on communities of color, particularly Black, Indigenous, immigrant folks.”
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International
What does solidarity with Ukraine’s workers look like?
An international panel of labor activists discusses what support for Ukraine’s workers should look like.
Posted inEdge of Sports TV
WNBA legend Chamique Holdsclaw discusses her mental health struggles
For Holdsclaw, the true challenge of a successful pro athlete career wasn’t the physical toll, but battling depression while in the public eye.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
‘There is an attack on Black literacy’: Why education and activism go together
Justin Hansford of Howard University’s Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center explains why the contemporary Black liberation movement needs to emphasize political education.
Posted inPrisons and Policing
Organizers condemn ‘anti-democratic’ RICO charges against Cop City protesters
The indictments “send a chilling message that any dissent to Cop City will be punished with the full power and violence of the government.”
Posted inClimate Crisis
Rich nations have delivered mere ‘pittance’ to help East Africa tackle climate crisis: Oxfam
“We have an abundance of clean, renewable energy,” said one African activist. “But to unlock it, Africa needs funding from countries that have got rich off our suffering.”