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This month, around 300 workers at four Microsoft-owned video game studios across the US are voting on whether to unionize. Jacobin spoke to workers involved in the effort about their organizing and why they want a union.

The second season of The White Lotus, HBO’s propulsive satire, had sex on the brain more than anything else. But it never lost sight of the razor-sharp class critique that also animated season one.

It is not too late for Biden to use the full powers of his presidency to confront employers who force workers to choose between protecting their health or retaining their jobs — and to challenge them in other matters as well.

Charlene (Alexander) Mitchell, a key leader of the movement in the early 1970s to free imprisoned activist Angela Davis, helped found NAARPR, and the CCDS, ran for President in 1968 on the U.S. Communist Party ticket.

In the name of taming inflation, central banks have deliberately set themselves on a path to cause a recession – or to worsen it if it comes anyway. Worse, today's monetary-policy tightening will leave long-lasting scars, there are better responses.

The takedown of a Russian darknet marketplace exposed cracks within the cyber-criminal underworld — and the global effort to shut down these digital black markets.

Before we shrug off the latest achievement as just another small step on a long road, consider the miles we’ve come since the idea of tapping the power of the sun was first conceived.

From December 8-10, members of political parties, trade unions, community-based organizations, women’s groups, other social movements across West Africa gathered in Winneba, Ghana to participate in the West African People For A New World conference.

The old Hollywood actor and civil rights champion’s reputation has been tarnished by accusations of hate and racism. This calls for some sifting and winnowing.

The nomination of Gigi Sohn for the fifth commissioner’s slot has languished for over a year. Numerous policies affecting telecom interests are at stake.