Portside

Amazon warehouse workers have walked off the job on Friday which is one of the busiest shopping days of the year to demand higher wages and better working conditions from the online retail giant.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Andrew Weissmann, a former senior prosecutor on the Robert Mueller probe, about what's next for the special counsel on the Trump investigations.

Once in a while, we – the volunteer moderators of Portside – take the opportunity to talk directly to us – the entire Portside community – about how we see things and how you can pitch in, especially for Giving Tuesday. Our thoughts, in brief:

Republicans across the country campaigned on crime. Nowhere did it resonate more than in New York.

Democrats’ new industrial manufacturing plan leaves unions behind, fumbling a moment of relative leverage for organized labor.

"Buffett could avert a rail strike today by giving workers what they need: paid sick days," said Sen. Bernie Sanders' staff director. "That's how you give thanks."

The life and afterlife of the Paris Commune.

The kingdom’s rulers may have managed their own social pressures better, but they’re wary of the tumult that’s shaking their neighbor.

Two Epidemiologists Explain What the ‘Triple Threat’ Means for Children

The intellectual godfathers of the “alt right” and their descendants are on a fool’s errand: to rationalize irrational hatreds.