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BLS: Oregon Union Membership Grew 23% Since 2013

Garrett Andrews Oregon Business
A new study shows Oregon saw higher than average union growth in recent years, a trend pushed by strong participation in education, behavioral health and social services.

Union Election Set at North Carolina Amazon Warehouse

Mark Satinoff World-Outlook
On January 7, exactly three years since the founding of Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment (CAUSE), the NLRB ruled that workers at Amazon’s RDU1 fulfillment center in Garner, North Carolina, can have an election.

Embodying MLK’s Dream Today

Rev. Irene Monroe LA Progressive
If King were among us today, he would say that it is not enough to look outside ourselves to see the places where society is broken.

Whose Future Is It Anyway?

Jess Maginity Los Angeles Review of Books
This book discusses the effort by the alt-right and fascist movements to claim the genres science fiction and speculative literature as their own.

A Cease-Fire in Gaza Is Far From Enough

Seraj Assi Jacobin
The announcement of a cease-fire deal in Gaza is a welcome reprieve after over a year of genocide. But it does nothing to remedy Israel’s numerous violations of international law that produced untold misery among Palestinians.

Costa-Gavras Directing the Revolution-‘Z’

Kenan Behzat Sharpe Jacobin
Political cinema can sometimes be too highbrow for a mass audience. But in the 1960s and early '70s, French-Greek director Costa-Garvas showed that films with a revolutionary message can also be popular.