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From technology industry programmers to coal miners, workers must mobilize through their unions to establish a unified labor movement that collectively demands a voice in shaping the future of our workplaces, economies and future.

Is it possible for American democracy to be further degraded by the influence of billionaires? Thanks to champion of the working class J. D. Vance and his right-wing friends, including “dark money kingpin” Leonard Leo, we may soon find out.

Israel would create a ghetto which would quickly become a concentration camp on the ruins of the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

The bill threatens "emergency alerts that save lives, local journalism that informs communities, and educational tools that support families, job seekers, and teachers," according to Protect My Public Media.

The predictable consequences of the right wing’s war on public schools are being felt as educators leave their communities—and their profession.

Writer Rampell looks at a long-forgotten, but deeply influential, document from the domestic Cold War that served the unofficial blacklist for radio and television performers, with the aim of helping draw lessons for today.

What Medicare Advantage is, the white paper goes on to say is “another Wall Street privatization scheme of raiding public funds for private profit much like the attacks on public schools, water systems, and even parking meters."

World in transition

The Trump administration plans to dismantle the department by firing thousands of workers.

Grok, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot embedded in X (formerly Twitter) and built by Elon Musk’s company xAI, is back in the headlines after calling itself “MechaHitler” and producing pro-Nazi remarks.