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The president was already doubling the budget deficit. With the high court’s tariff decision, he’s tripling it. There’s only one solution: Repeal his “big, beautiful” tax cut.

A Q&A with two founders of the 51st, a worker-led nonprofit newsroom launched after the closure of the beloved local outlet DCist.

Solidarity melts ICE

Trump’s efforts to remove Black people from America’s story have been countered by scholars, activists, judges—and history itself.

London and Washington were right about the Russian invasion, but failed to persuade European powers. They underestimated Ukrainian resistance and overestimated Russian power, just as Putin had. Four years later, the war continues.

Bravely Standing Up to Nazis for What’s Right (1941), Attack on Wage Slavery Gets Rid of Tainted Meat (1906), First Step Toward a Massive Victory (1976), Expressing Unpopular Views Is Not Criminal (1961), ‘Serfdom Is a Keg of Gunpowder’ (1861)

If the labor movement hopes to survive, it must find ways to organize in the private sector at scale. The UAW’s national push to organize higher ed, and its recent union drives at Volkswagen and Mercedes, offer potential guidance on the way forward.

A lot of this work about food sovereignty is bringing an understanding of our indigenous foods back to us. We work on rebuilding our food systems and bring a lot of pride and connection back to our ancestors.

Jackson understood the links between class/race and US foreign policy, in a way that few labor leaders do, recognizing that making these connections was essential to building a powerful workers movement in the US and beyond.

Sixty years ago, delegates from all over the world gathered in Havana for the Tricontinental Conference, forging ties of solidarity and resistance. The anniversary came last month, just as the US stepped up its aggressive campaign against Cuba.