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Organized labor is celebrating the life and legacy of an artist who championed working women and carried a union card for almost 60 years.

Alex Bores is engulfed in a brutal (and super-expensive) battle over how technology will change work, life, and society.

In ‘Silencing Fighting Bob,’ Eric T. Chester chronicles the brutal assault on political dissent by the administration of President Woodrow Wilson during the war.

Elise Stefanik is just the latest top Republican deciding against running in the 2026 midterms. While some retirements were to be expected, analysts are now anticipating a GOP exodus that could be unprecedented in modern American political history.

The supposedly unbeatable Republican mayor of Nebraska’s largest city used the GOP’s anti-LGBTQ+ playbook in her reelection bid. And suffered a resounding loss!

The outgoing senator recognizes—to a greater extent than any other Democrat—the need to renew the party’s commitment to a politics of economic populism.

The national leadership may have snubbed her—but Teamsters in the swing states that will decide the election are backing her all the way.

The Minnesota attorney general will use his speech at the DNC to call for a deeper dialogue around Palestine.

The union announced that more than half the workers at a VW plant in Tennessee have signed union cards. And it’s vowing that this is only the beginning.

There are more insights in this week’s elections than in polls about a vote that won’t happen for a year. Defense of abortion rights, legalizing marijuana, aligning with labor and saving the planet are winning issues.