Companies Price Gouging Hurricane Milton Evacuees

For years, United, American, and other airlines have led massive lobbying efforts against regulations to prevent climate change.

Florida Republicans Aim To Block Climate Declaration

As the storm bears down on their districts, fossil fuel-backed Reps. Greg Steube and Byron Donalds are pushing legislation claiming the climate crisis is a “false emergency.”

Why Eric Adams Rose So High

Adams made it easier for centrist Democrats to distance themselves from Black Lives Matter.

The Need for Action for Peace

The lack of diplomatic efforts to end wars in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, and Congo shame the international community — as the death tolls mount, we need an urgent shift towards peace-building and justice.

The Dangers of White Totalitarianism

Why is the US ultra-right turning to Rhodesia as their model for a white supremacist state?

Friday Nite Videos | October 11, 2024

Washington's Dream 2 | SNL. Jon Batiste | Für Elise-Batiste. Why They Can't Make an HIV Vaccine (They're Trying!) My Life Behind the Lens: a Year Reporting from Gaza. Who Do Trump Voters Blame?

Limit SCOTUS: Congress Should Pass the No Kings Act

The Supreme Court has grown too powerful. Congress can and should intervene to limit its overreach.

Gaza’s Governance Must Remain in Palestinian Hands

Amid plans for external interventions, it is vital to build a consensus around an interim body to manage Gaza’s urgent needs and pave the way for unity.

Double AI Wins -- and Debate -- Come to the Nobels

While many researchers celebrated this year’s chemistry and physics prizes, others were disappointed by the focus on computational methods.

The People Left Behind by Climate Migration

As people move away from flooding and heat, new research suggests that those who remain will be older, poorer and more vulnerable.
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Culture

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Hollywood’s New Sex Worker Roles Are Girlboss Heroines

Emma Paling Jacobin
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.

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Donald Trump, Sexual Predator

Lloyd Green The Guardian
This book and this review are nearly five years old. Their relevance remains undiminished.

Labor

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How Climate Change Threatens Workers

Jordan Barab Combined Space
Photo of the outside of a factory building after being devastated by the hurricane. 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.

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Boeing Strike Continues

Don McIntosh Northwest Labor Press
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.

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Biden’s Amazing Win Settling the Dock Strike

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
The terms are a total victory for dockworkers and for smooth supply chain operation, as the White House faced down exorbitant shipper profits. What would Trump have done?

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The UAW’s Rank-and-File Takeover Isn’t Over Yet

Keith Brower Brown / Jane Slaughter Labor Notes
Rank-and-file autoworkers democratized their union, elected president Shawn Fain, and won a landmark strike. Now they will have to win local officer positions, dominated by the old guard, to hold bosses to their word and maintain a fighting union.

Friday nite video

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Washington's Dream 2 | SNL

George Washington (Nate Bargatze) tells his soldiers (Kenan Thompson, Mikey Day, Bowen Yang, James Austin Johnson) more of his dreams for the country.

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Who Do Trump Voters Blame?

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.