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.
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) filed suit against Tuson Foods claiming it is making “unsubstantiated environmental claims” about its products – known colloquially as greenwashing.
For its third series, hit LGBTQ+ teen drama is entering the wild new world of sex – while getting darker and scarier. The cast talk love, longing and courgetti pasta
Labor
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.
Black and Latina women are driving labor union growth in the U.S. amid a decades-long decline in membership. In 2023, Black women’s union membership rate notched a slight bump from 10.3% to 10.5%, while Latinas went up from 8.5% to 8.8%.
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?
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.
Workers Win $24 Wage Increase
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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