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Playing Hardball

Arkadi Gerney, Sarah Knight The American Prospect
Rebalancing conflicts over state policy will require that blue states wield power differently.

In the Shadow of King Coal

Sarah Jones Dissent Magazine
While the coal industry is in terminal decline, it still shapes the culture of central Appalachia.

Why My Coworkers and I Unionized Our Architecture Firm

Je Siqueira Jacobin
This summer, workers at Bernheimer Architecture in New York City became the first private sector architects in the US to ratify a union contract. An architect at the firm explains their road to a first collective bargaining agreement.

Boeing Workers To Vote on New Wage Deal

David Shepardson Reuters
New deal includes $7,000 ratification bonus, enhanced retirement contributions Offer could end month-old strike Boeing negotiated proposal came after talks with Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su

Richmond Progressive Alliance’s Lessons for Organizers

Steve Early Jacobin
It doesn’t often make national headlines, but the city of Richmond, Ca. has been home to a successful progressive political reform project in recent years. Here are ten lessons for other municipal reformers from the Richmond Progressive Alliance

Trump’s Most Unsettling Spectacle Yet

Sidney Blumenthal The Guardian
Trump’s planned rally at Madison Square Garden will be the ultimate act of ego and the climax of his Hitlerian rhetoric

Letter From a Childless Cat Lady

Rebecca Jamieson Isthmus
Vance claims that childless people are “sociopathic” and have no stake in our country’s future. Isn’t caring for those who aren’t related to us the exact opposite of sociopathic?