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Fueled by worries about COVID-19 safety and a lack of sick days, Black workers at the two corporate giants are leading the fight for union organizing.

Jennifer Abruzzo, general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, has outlined an agenda that would transform the American workplace.

Conservatives have gutted America’s workplace watchdog. Workers are paying with their lives.

The IMF claims to deliver stability, strength, and solidarity. Its record shows the opposite.

Throughout U.S. history, class has been bound up with other forms of oppression—so the disenfranchisement of Black men after Reconstruction decisively shifted class relations.

After three years, “Donbass” is finally hitting American theaters. Its portrait of misinformation and institutional failure is all too timely.

Tsunami of disinfo, Musk on the prowl, and other media moments

United Steel Workers Local 1999 President Chuck Jones grabbed headlines in December after he publicly accused then-President-elect Donald Trump of lying about how many jobs he was saving in a deal with furnace and air conditioner maker Carrier Corp. During a hyped-up announcement at its Indianapolis factory, had Trump inaccurately said that 1,100 jobs would be saved. The number was closer to 800.

Big picture: This moment in human history is not about Trump. It’s not about Putin. It’s not about whether you despise either or neither or both. What’s at stake in the dynamics between them is life on this planet.

By playing for centrist and neoconservative votes, national Democrats have left the party floundering with no coherent political message and creating a daunting challenge for democracy, says Nicolas J S Davies.