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When Starbucks in Scottsboro, Alabama, voted “yes” for the union in 2022 – the town made infamous in the 1930s when an international campaign saved nine young Black workers from the gallows – there was no doubt that this campaign was here to stay.

“Hi Democrats, don’t think that millions of Muslims—and not just Muslims but anti-racist liberal and leftist Americans—don’t hear the deafening silence from most of you,” said one journalist.

Americans across the political spectrum are coming together to fight against AI data centers and for solutions like public power. Beholden to big donors, mainstream politicians won’t meet the moment — but the Left can.

The proposals for 2030 are among significant changes that would upend a process for helping allot congressional seats and shape policies that address disparities.

Many schools will resort to laying off faculty, cutting services and increasing prices

After years of decline, union membership in the US increased by 411,000 members in 2025, the largest increase since 2008.

Noam Scheiber’s Mutiny shows that the labor organizing of the radicalized PMC is far more than a fit of whimsical proletarian roleplay.

Mass opposition to Chile’s far-right Führer

With some gerrymandered seats looking much more competitive than they hoped, Republicans are wondering if mid-decade redistricting can actually save their majority.

The House just passed a resolution condemning the Democratic Socialists of America and socialism broadly. While it rehearses opposition to Stalinist authoritarianism, the bill’s real preoccupation is with socialists’ advocacy for expanded democracy.