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DISPATCHES FROM THE FRONTLINES OF CARE: Canadian Construction Work

Infection in the Gulf is growing rapidly. On April 14, 2020, the Gulf States collectively reported 16,613 cases of COVID-19. By April 29, the Gulf States have 50,572 cases.

The Paris-based poet Judith Mahoney Pasternak puts the story of David & Goliath into a contemporary un-Biblical perspective.

Coronavirus has created a unique May Day: for the first time in 130 years, workers of the world will not take to the streets. Physical distancing, however, doesn’t mean that we are far away from each other: we should stay together in solidarity.

With a year to live, and confined to bed by injury and illness, the great Mexican artist transformed her bedroom into a sanctuary - and turned her pain into magnificent work.

This book is a new and innovative look at a pivotal moment in U.S. labor history.

States tell workers they'll lose unemployment benefits if they refuse to return to jobs.

A new documentary series uses individual cases of false convictions to reveal a terrifyingly unreliable criminal justice system.

Front-line workers are staging job action after job action in their quest for protection from the coronavirus

Eric Dirnbach looks at a range of labor movement actions and resources that have developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and economic disaster. The coronavirus crisis reminds us that workers must organize to save themselves.