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Pope's Final Easter Sermon Appealed for Gaza Cease-Fire

"Will the millions who will mourn his death these coming days respect this wish of his? Will they care for Gazans and Palestinians the way he did?"

The Immigrant Families Jailed in Texas

Children have long been put in migrant detention if they were apprehended at the border. Today, lawyers have found, families are being removed from stable lives in the United States.

The Trump Administration Is Objectively Pro-Cancer

America used to have the best medical research system in the world. Elon Musk and RFK Jr. are ripping it to shreds.

Bernie Asks Us To Run for Office

We need people in every state, county and town in this country to raise their hand and say they are prepared to run for city council, school board, mayor, state legislature, Congress and more.

Global Left Midweek – April 23, 2025

Democracy not rearmament

Francis Took On The Migrant Cause

The pope wanted to be judged as a voice of moral clarity, speaking out for the marginalized. He made that clear in his fight with Trump and Vance over immigration.

When Private Equity Owns Your Kid’s Day Care

When my toddler’s day care started turning parents away at the door due to staffing shortages, I learned it was owned by private equity — which maximizes enrollment to squeeze profit out of childcare and now owns eight of the 11 largest companies.

Americans Mobilize Against Trump on Earth Day

Organizers team up with pro-democracy groups for flurry of actions to demand right to free, healthy lives

A World Beyond Tariffs

The United Auto Workers weren’t always in favor of tariffs; they earlier supported cross-border coordination to support better jobs and a peaceful future.

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – August 22, 2025

“Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!”
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‘Infinite License’

Omer Bartov The New York Review of Books
An Israeli-American historian of Holocaust and Genocide Studies covers the dynamic of a Jewish state that has thrived on Holocaust roots, how that legacy has been exploited becoming an apartheid state, a practitioner of genocide of Palestinians

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AFT Welcomes New Affiliates, Hard-Fought Contracts in Higher Ed

Virginia Myers American Federation of Teachers
The AFT’s higher education affiliates have been generating a flurry of activity: This fast-growing sector of our union has two brand-new affiliates, at Ohio University and Nevada State University

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Shawn Fain: We Need a Political Movement for Workers

Shawn Fain Jacobin
United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain explains his union’s position on tariffs and argues that we need a political movement that puts working-class people first to address the current political crisis in the US.

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Member-Run Unions

United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) UE News
A UE Guide to Democratic Practice

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Kentucky Unions Stand Up To Halt Deportation of Two Hundred Workers

Luis Feliz Leon Labor Notes
“The labor movement has an opportunity to strengthen our organizations and show that we fight for all members. If the Trump administration can get away with coming after immigrants and federal workers, they’ll keep coming for more of us.”

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20 Lessons on Tyranny | Read by John Lithgow

Now, more than ever, we need the wisdom of our intellects, the patriotism of our citizens, and the passion and talents of those who still believe in the American experiment.

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Palantir: The New Deep State

Specialists in surveillance, they’ve been hired by the Department of Defense, the FBI, ICE, and even Wendy’s. Now DOGE will likely hire Palantir as well.