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American Steel’s Succession

Luke Goldstein, Jarod Facundo The American Prospect
Mergers temporarily strengthen labor’s bargaining chip. But in the long run, anti-monopoly experts say, corporate power crushes workers and consumers.

Workers Rights Are Key to Our Movement

Bob Muehlenkamp Third Act
At Third Act, we fight to save democracy and our planet; at the intersection of these two existential issues are workers and unions.

The Story of Our Universe May Be Starting To Unravel

Adam Frank and Marcelo Gleiser New York Times
The Webb telescope data reveal that some very large galaxies formed really fast. This is no minor discrepancy. The finding is akin to parents and their children appearing in a story when the grandparents are still children themselves.

This Week in People’s History, Sept. 5 – 11

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A red Vice-President? in 1983. Prison farm deaths in 1913. West Bank atrocities film bombs in 1983. Who's not a percussionist? in 1953. Dixiecrats kneecap civil rights bill in 1957. Legal liability earthquake in 1973. Chile under the gun in 1973.