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The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace has funneled resources into a new pharmacy guild, hiring organizers and launching a website – which crashed the first day when more than 30,000 people tried to visit.

The Oppenheimer film depicted some controversy that erupted at the lab after scientists heard about the defeat of Germany. Oppenheimer was adamant about continuing the project.

While government statistics offer some useful insight into jobs, employment and poverty, they also miss a lot, and can underestimate poverty and unemployment levels.

Aquatic foods have been instrumental in creating healthy and sustainable diets in many regions across the world. They can compensate for diminishing land on which to cultivate food for growing populations.

Eight-episode series based on Liu Cixin novels triggers accusations of ‘Americanisation’ of a Chinese story

At the heart of the current uptick in union organizing at companies like Starbucks has been “worker-to-worker unionism.” That model could be key to scaling up organizing and revitalizing the labor movement.

Minnesota workers and community groups have worked toward this moment for over a decade. It’s paying off.

Poet W.D. Ehrhart makes a riff off 13 blackbirds, in hopes of you all doing the right thing in November.

Placing a landfill on this site [Moss 3 Preparation Plant occupied by miners during 1989 Pittston strike] is a snub to not only those surviving workers but Russell County’s proud labor heritage.

An eye-opening read traces today’s collective rage against big tech back to the Luddite uprising the industrial revolution.