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How Indivisible Is Organizing Rural America

Cara Letofsky Barn Raiser
With the May Day protests, the group shifts tactics ahead of the midterms. With 2,500 chapters nationwide in large cities and rural areas, Indivisible is one of the largest, most effective networks of grassroots resistance in the Trump era...

ALA Workers Move To Unionize

Rosie Newmark American Libraries Magazine
About 100 employees at the American Library Association (ALA) began voting on April 24 to form ALA Workers United (ALAWU), a new union at the 150-year-old association.

May Day 2026: Defending Rights, Reclaiming Power

Kristjan Bragason IUF Acting General Secretary IUF Bulletin
International labour standards, trade union rights, and collective action remain our strongest tools. On this May Day, our message is clear: we will defend these rights, we will organize across borders.

Chicago Activist Amisha Patel Dies at 50

Carrie Maxwell Windy City Times
The Chicago economic, racial and gender-justice organizer died April 24 at home surrounded by loved ones after a nine-year battle with cancer.

Why Is There a Voting Rights Act? A Timeline

Audra D. S. Burch, Emily Cochrane and Jamie Leventhal The New York Times
A history of the Voting Rights Act, as the US Supreme Court demolishes a provision that prevented racial discrimination.