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August 31, 2019

Jobs, the Environment, and a Planet in Crisis Unions vs. Environmentalists or Unions and Environmentalists?

Aviva Chomsky TomDispatch

students protesting climate change

These are exactly the debates that are needed in this all-hands-on-deck moment when human civilization is itself, for the first time in our history, in question.

August 31, 2019

How Well is the American Economy Working for Working People?

Economic Policy Institute Economic Policy Institute

EPI researchers reflect on the state of labor in the United States.

August 31, 2019

Ian Angus on the Politics of Ecosocialism

Ian Angus Rebel

Rebel interviews Ian Angus — editor of the journal Climate & Capitalism, and author of Facing the Anthropocene: Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth, about the pressing need to develop the politics of ecosocialism in the world today.

August 30, 2019

Shirt

Robert Pinsky The New Yorker

Labor Day Special: Former Poet Laureate of the United States Robert Pinsky reads his poem “Shirt,” among the great works of poetry about labor.

August 30, 2019

Inside the White Supremacist Movement

Joe Sexton ProPublica

Michael German, a former federal agent, spent years infiltrating white supremacist groups. Here’s what he has to say about what’s going on now.

August 30, 2019

Why People Hate Religion

Timothy Egan The New York Times

The charlatans and phonies preen and punish, while those of real faith do Christ’s work among refugees

August 30, 2019

In One Week, Trump Makes the Case for Impeachment

Dahlia Lithwick Slate

Forget what you think “high crimes and misdemeanors” means and consider what we’ve impeached presidents for in the past

August 30, 2019

5 Reasons for Workers to Celebrate This Labor Day

Rebecca Burns In These Times

The U.S. labor movement is under siege by powerful anti-union forces, including the Trump administration. But with approval of unions at a 15-year high, and a wave of labor militancy on the rise, working people have plenty to celebrate.

Climate Activist Greta Thunberg, 16, Arrives in NY After Sailing the Atlantic

August 30, 2019

Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in New York City on Wednesday after sailing across the Atlantic Ocean to call attention to the need for quick action to save the planet.

Enron - The Biggest Fraud in History

August 30, 2019

At over $60 billion being scammed away from the public, they were the biggest fraud in history. Yes, even bigger than Theranos.