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The UAW Has a Vision for Green Industrial Policy in California

Paul Prescod Jacobin
A recent report from UAW Region 6 outlines a bold vision for how to expand clean energy industries in California using union labor. It’s an example of how unions can get serious about industrial policy and assert themselves in the “abundance” debate.

Jimmy Kimmel’s Cancellation Is Peak Hypocrisy

Branko Marcetic Jacobin
After campaigning on ending censorship and cancel culture, Donald Trump is making the list of things you're not allowed to say in America longer and longer. ABC’s cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show signals that not even comedians are safe

What’s Behind Rising Unemployment for Black Workers?

Valerie Wilson Economic Policy Institute
There has been a clear deterioration in the labor market for Black workers this year. The decline in Black workers’ employment appears to be concentrated among Black women.

The Paradox of Anticommunism

Denise Lynn Portside
Anticommunists deployed "semantic contrivances" to claim the US was a model democracy; meanwhile, the FBI focused its energies on activists and described their freedom aspirations as conspiratorial while the CIA, destroyed freedom movements abroad.

Immigrant Defense Is the Frontline of the Fight for Democracy

Bill Gallegos New Liberator
“If we can dream it, we can make it happen.” That is the vision that should guide us as we work together to defend our immigrant sisters and brothers, to safeguard and enhance our democracy, and to defeat the fascist tide that would enslave us all.

People Are Boycotting Disney, Hulu, and ESPN

Saleah Blancaflor Fast Company
Some experts who study the impact of brand backlash doubt the entertainment giant will suffer in the long term, but that doesn’t mean it has nothing to lose.