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The Campaign Workers Guild has seen a roughly 110 percent increase in the number of campaigns that have signed card check agreements with the union since late April, according to union leaders.

Is Russia operating a spy base in Cuba again? Trump, Rubio and U.S. media outlets like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal all say so. But none of them bothered to go to the alleged site of this spy base. We did — and here's what we found.

The Faster Labor Contracts Act, pending in the Senate, could compel employers to bargain with their unionized workers.

A grocery industry expert argues that as our food supply becomes increasingly consolidated, expensive, and even dangerous, socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s publicly subsidized grocery plan takes bold steps to provide good, affordable food.

“While Americans suffer from high prices and the Iran war imposes tens of billions of dollars of new costs on the American public, the oil industry wins big.”

The Times insinuates that Black and Latino activists entering primaries, canvassing voters, promoting affordability, turning out supporters in low-turnout elections is a kind of dirty trick. In other words, the Times is afraid of too much democracy.

This summer’s fires are more than just a wake-up call. They are a five-alarm emergency alert. The least we can demand of our political leaders is that they stop dismantling the only tools we have to fight the incineration of our world.

The ground has been made fertile for an anti-establishment media politics, where it wasn’t quite there with the voter base in previous cycles. Even older, moderate liberals have started to throw their hands in the air and look for alternatives.

Gothamist visited Brooklyn and Queens sites identified with the Commie Corridor. They capture a scene that is trendy, queer, accepting and radical — hinting at the broad appeal of the democratic socialist movement that is growing across the country.

Dr. Herard is being punished for actions she took to protect UC Irvine students from riot police who had stormed their Palestine solidarity encampment. We want all sanctions against our colleague lifted and all back salary paid immediately.