It was women who ran the hostel services and food kitchens in the League of Coloured Peoples in the 1930–50s; and women who made sure that the minutes of meetings and conferences were kept. They are why we have this important history.
"There is something about female rage that feels incredibly raw and untapped," Purnell, who makes her debut as an executive producer on "Sweetpea," told IndieWire.
For her new book, “Salvage,” the Trinidadian-born writer Dionne Brand rereads classic English novels, teasing out evidence of the ravages of colonialism.
In Hollywood, sex workers have become the ultimate girlbosses. The message is clear: there’s no need for collective empowerment when one can escape the low-wage economy by cashing in on the power of bootstrapping entrepreneurism.
Koda Farms, the family-owned rice farm in Merced County, which Keisaburo Koda started 97 years ago, is shutting down. Its rice is prized by chefs and home cooks alike.
There seems to be a reluctance to get into politics this season, a missed opportunity.
This book and this review are nearly five years old. Their relevance remains undiminished.
Labor
A supervisor at a Goodyear tire plant, Lilly Ledbetter discovered through an anonymous note left in her mailbox that she was receiving less pay than her male co-workers who worked the same position.
Bidenomics is a break with four decades of policy that disempowered workers. This record was obscured by Biden’s inability to explain his accomplishments. Undoing neoliberalism will take time but can happen with a revitalized labor movement.
The Teamsters are spinning off momentum from recent organizing fights to new battle fronts across Amazon’s logistics chain.
The proposed agreement includes higher base pay and expanded health care coverage for roughly 3,000 masters and PhD students
Worker risk is also a function of workers’ power in the workplace — or lack thereof. Where they work, the conditions they work under and their ability to protect themselves against obvious threats make workers more vulnerable than average citizens.
On Sept. 23, Boeing announced a new contract offer, but did so in a press release and directly to members instead of to their union in bargaining. Union members said the proposal was inadequate, and disrespectful in the way it bypassed the union.
George Washington (Nate Bargatze) tells his soldiers (Kenan Thompson, Mikey Day, Bowen Yang, James Austin Johnson) more of his dreams for the country.
Just released single from Jon Batiste’s album Beethoven Blues. #JonBatiste #FurElise #Beethoven
A lot of very smart people have been working for a very long time on vaccines for HIV/AIDS without success. Here's why, and why it might be changing.
Majdi Fathi is a freelance photojournalist living and working from al-Aqsa hospital, the only functioning facility in central Gaza.
Does Oliver Anthony (Rich Men North of Richmond) still resonate? We went to an Oliver Anthony concert in Michigan to find the answer and discovered a bigger story about what people want in this election—and for this country.
In the crucial swing state of Georgia, election deniers and rightwing conspiracy theorists are facing a new generation of Gen Z candidates and voters
What makes Charlamagne so sure that Trump will try to steal the 2024 election? Because he tried to steal the last one!
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