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The president of the Chicago Teachers Union spoke to The Progressive about the union’s new contract that will protect Chicago educators and students from the threats of the Trump Administration.

In Bangladesh, the factories that make clothing for export had remade themselves and raised national incomes along the way. They never bargained for a trade war.

California poet Anita Barrows writes: "When the genocide began I started writing daily notes. I felt the urgency to document these tragedies in a whole poem every day, and that is what I will do until the genocide ends. I intend to keep writing."

The focus of the book is on Dominic Ongwen, a former soldier in the cultish army known as the Lord’s Resistance Army in northern Uganda. Ongwen had been kidnapped by the LRA when he was nine years old and transformed into a soldier and criminal...

Reviewer Kidd considers a new history of the idea of liberty by one of the UK's most esteemed political philosophers.

As we honour the sacrifices of those who defeated fascism, we must summon the same courage and solidarity to resist and defeat the billionaire coup, and forge a democratic renewal.

A new AFL-CIO poll found that a majority of union members say the country is moving in the wrong direction, with many complaining that Trump has done nothing to reduce inflation.

AFL-CIO President Liz Schuler condemned President Donald Trump's deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and described the unlawful overreach as an attack on all workers.

The Legend of Ochi, a new A24 family film, combines live action, CGI, and old-fashioned puppetry to charming effect.

Sign up for a national call on May 8th to discuss next steps in the fight coming out of May Day actions.