Zohran Mamdani’s plan for free buses is not a pipe dream. Montgomery County, Maryland, made its buses free this year.
Posted inThe Marc Steiner Show
How to stand up to ICE: Lessons from Chicago and Charlotte
We speak with organizers on the ground in Charlotte, NC, and Chicago, IL, about what to do when ICE invades your town.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
‘Monday afternoon massacre’: Trump fires 8 immigration judges in NYC
“The goal is to transform an imperfect system which aimed for fairness into a rubber stamp mill, leaving only the ‘deportation judges’ they want,” said one policy expert.
Posted inRattling the Bars
‘An accountability vacuum’: How Baltimore is enabling ICE’s lawlessness
“Our neighbors are disappearing without a trace,” Kori Skillman reports at Baltimore Beat.
Posted inEconomy and Inequality
‘Who wants to live like this?’ Locals fume as Meta AI data center upends entire community
Meta is financing the data center using accounting tricks that the Wall Street Journal reports appear “too good to be true.”
Posted inRattling the Bars
How prisons and temp agencies exploit the most vulnerable workers
“Historically, temp workers and prison labor… [have] been used to bust union strikes,” Katherine Passley of Beyond the Bars says. “Well, what would it look like if we were to bring those people into the union so that they can’t bust these union efforts?”
Posted inInequality Watch
Thanks to Epstein, America’s elite are losing control of the narrative
The Epstein Transparency Act may trigger the most significant crack in oligarchic power in a generation. With Congress compelling the DOJ to reveal Epstein’s secret files, the protective wall around America’s most powerful men is beginning to crumble. This moment could be the first genuine challenge to the impunity enjoyed by the country’s wealthiest predators.
Posted inStories of Resistance
Thanksgiving on Alcatraz: Remembering the 1969 Native American Occupation
On Thanksgiving morning each year, Native Americans hold a sunrise ceremony on Alcatraz island, in the San Francisco Bay. It honors Indigenous resistance over the years and the historic 1969 Native American occupation of Alcatraz. This is episode 78 of Stories of Resistance.
Posted inThe Marc Steiner Show
The Israeli and Palestinian combatants building a shared movement for peace
“I would like for people to bear in mind this one message: Please do not stand with Israel, and do not stand with Palestine. Please stand with all of us. Please stand with peace.”
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
Redactions or reckoning? Will we ever see the FULL Epstein files?
“This is a real test right now, because if we as a country can’t get on board with protecting children from adult predators, then we’re never going to be able to agree on anything…”
