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While the senators claim to be fighting for the working class, their actions—like voting for a government funding bill that slashes social spending while protecting corporate interests—show they’re just focused on keeping the same old machine running

Even as public employee unions fight the Trump administration’s personnel cuts, a pair of GOP senators want to ban federal employees from belonging to unions.

Some 25,000 federal employees will be back at work Monday. Look beyond Capitol Hill: The resistance, in fact, is strong.

The pandemic bared the cruelty of prison in new ways. It was a lost opportunity to move away from mass incarceration.

In “How the World Eats,” the philosopher Julian Baggini grapples with “everything that affects and is affected by” our comestibles.

These are dangerous times. Scientists globally must stand together for sound science and resist bigotry, bias and hate. To honor one of its core values — a commitment to the truth wherever it might lead — scientists must stand up when DEI matters.

Lee Saunders, president of AFSCME: "I think it’s up to AFSCME and the labor movement and our allies and friends to continue to talk about what this administration is trying to do to hurt working people."

Rioters in Harlem Win Concessions (1935), A Big Win for White-Collar Strikers (2000), A Century of Classroom Censorship (1925), Witch-Hunt Targets Get a Very Belated Apology (1980), The Long Road from Selma (1965)

Many on the Left are wondering what to do against the Trump administration’s vicious assaults on workers, immigrants, and free speech. We can look to US civil rights activists, who kept taking great risks even after demoralizing setbacks.

The largest NLRB union election win in February was at the primary care group Optum Care, a subsidiary of UnitedHealthcare. The vertical integration of health care has brought frustrating consequences for health workers, who are now organizing