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Labor Raises the Floor in Nashville

Chris Brooks & Rebecca Kolins Givan The American Prospect
As construction booms in an increasingly progressive city, workers find the power to unionize in the otherwise non-union South.

The American Paranoia of Stranger Things 3

Sophie Gilbert The Atlantic
Stranger Things 3 is more deeply informed by American paranoia than ever before, as the show starts to mine classic, Cold War–inspired works of the mid-1980s.

Defend the Post Office, Defend Black Workers

Paul Prescod Jacobin
The United States Postal Service is a crucial institution for black workers in America. That's why Bernie Sanders's strong support for defending and expanding the USPS is a key racial justice issue.

As Climate Chaos Engulfs Indian Country, Feds Abandon Tribes

Saul Elbein Mongabay
Flooding in a downtown park on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
The escalating climate crisis has caused the weather systems in Indian Country to swing wildly. And the tribes of the Plains — American citizens, like the Hurricane Maria-battered people of Puerto Rico — are being left to face the rising chaos alone.

Death at Howard Industries

Joe Atkins Labor South
A company showered by media love and political largesse despite its horrible record.