Portside

Amid Trump’s lies and xenophobic rants, people struggling to pay bills and make ends meet are unlikely to be moved

So little truth, so much time

President Donald Trump’s expansion of the blockade is the latest chapter in an aggression waged by 12 successive US presidents. It’s time to close the book.

Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee voted to ratify their first union contract last week, securing pay bumps, job protections and a rare win for the United Auto Workers union in the South.

This book examines organized crime in New York City unions and the rank and file fightback.

The democracy question

By turning the novel into just a corset-heaving love story, the director has stripped it of what made it so boundary-pushing

“I hope Amherst’s resolution kicks off a wave of similar resolutions in cities and towns across the state,” said the measure’s lead sponsor.

As sympathy for Palestinians grows among Democratic voters, party leaders wrestle with what comes next

No matter how you slice the demographics, aside from Democratic and Republican Party operatives, a new working-class political party independent of the Democrats and Republicans is really popular.