In Pennsylvania Dutch Country, African Americans have created a distinct, delicious cuisine, combining Southern and Amish cooking from Coatesville, PA, where the cuisines of Amish and African American communities have commingled over generations.
Everyone and their brother feels free to come at Black women with all guns blazing, spewing venom on social media as much as possible, and we are supposed just to sit and “swing low sweet chariot, we shall overcome, praise Black Jesus, take the high road,” in response. Rarely do we get to see Black women articulate rage.
Harry Bridges, the Pacific longshoremen’s leader is too large for life and almost too large as a biographical subject. Left historian Paul Buhle reviews the recent biography by Bob Cherny.
Comrade Sisters centers photographs and personal accounts of the women who made up over two-thirds of the party.
'Ithaka' the documentary produced by the WikiLeaks founder’s half brother offers a close-up look at one of the world’s most famous political prisoners. 'Ithaka' stresses that if Assange is extradited to America, supporters fear he’d face extremely harsh conditions. He would also become the first journalist ever convicted under the draconian Espionage Act, a blow against journalism, transparency, and democracy.
The etymologies of food words are a path through the history of how we eat and cook.
Labor
Millennials and Gen Z have lashed a government for a move that would see them working horrendously long hours.
The UAW has 400,000 members and a strike fund of a billion dollars. The new leaders campaigned on a militant approach to organizing, internal democracy, and solidarity against tiers, similar to the leadership shakeup in the Teamsters in 2021. The Members United slogan was “No Corruption, No Concessions, No Tiers.”
When it comes to labor, workers at other streamers are also in the midst of historic organizing.
Saving the planet isn't a matter of winning an argument. It’s about what trade unionists know only too well: power and money. And we know how to fight power and money.
In Kentucky, workers organizing for a union at Amazon's biggest air hub are demanding the rehire of fired activists. Despite the retaliation, "our activity has been contagious among our co-workers," writes Griffin Ritze. Workers in various departments have taken direct action for immediate demands.
Supporters say a shortened week would push businesses to hire more people, increase labor market participation, and create healthier competition in the workplace that empowers workers to negotiate for better wages and working conditions.
House MD and Dr. Lawrence Kutner (Kal Penn) confront the most dangerous pathogen yet: the Woke Mind Virus.
The original PFC band visited Diamante ER, Argentina to support our school.
‘It’s about vengeance and some of our ugliest societal impulses and urges’ The roots of the death penalty and how it’s been allowed to continue.
All those bans on gender-affirming care aren't random. Mother Jones reporter Madison Pauly takes you behind the scenes. Full story.
Danger! Workers are doing too well! Call the Fed to shut that down! A conversation with former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.
Glenn Kirschner discusses the Manhattan district attorney’s office signaling to Trump’s lawyers that he will likely face criminal charges for his role in the hush money payouts.
We went to East Palestine for a week to get residents’ side of the story after the Ohio rail disaster. People told us they’re getting sick and their pets are dying, while Norfolk Southern is trying to cover it up.
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