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June 25, 2022

The Beating Heart of the US Labor Movement Was at Labor Notes

Alex N. Press Jacobin

This past weekend, 4,000 labor militants gathered near Chicago for the Labor Notes conference. Amazon and Starbucks workers, teachers, Teamsters, Bernie Sanders — Labor Notes is a mosaic that brought the labor and leftist upsurge under one roof.

June 25, 2022

Democratic Leaders Don’t Fear Their Own Base. They Should.

David Sirota Jacobin

Democrats have reneged on their longtime promise to codify Roe v. Wade every time they’ve held power. Party leaders will not fulfill that promise until and unless they fear their own voters.

June 25, 2022

Progressives in Southern Cities Vow To Protect Abortion Access

Elisha Brown Facing South

Some local officials in the region are taking steps to do what they can to protect people's ability to end unwanted pregnancies.

June 25, 2022

Philippine Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa: Journalism Is ‘At an Existential Moment’

Srinivas Mazumdaru New Click

Speaking at the Global Media Forum in Bonn, Nobel laureate Maria Ressa noted that lies, laced with anger and hate, spread faster than facts. "Rebuilding trust with truth is vital to combat the rise of fascism," she said.

June 25, 2022

Patients Sat in Abortion Clinic Waiting Rooms As Roe Fell. They All Had To Be Turned Away.

Chabeli Carrazana The 19th

In states with “trigger” laws, abortion services came to a halt on Friday morning as news rippled through clinic lobbies and patients, whose appointments were minutes outside of the window to receive care, had to be turned away.

June 25, 2022