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Taylor Moore was fired from Kickstarter for trying to unionize. We spoke to him about the crowdfunding company’s union-busting campaign, the promise of tech worker activism, and the importance of democracy in digital platforms.

United Academics of the University of New Mexico won the right to establish a union, overcoming the entrenched opposition of the administration.

The organizers of Time’s Up have called upon NBC to state that people are allowed to talk about their experiences freely, regardless of any past NDAs.

Americans are aging, and millions will be unable to afford long-term care. The only way to avert social catastrophe is to implement a Medicare-for-All system with comprehensive long-term care benefits.

Not only would universal healthcare reduce taxes for most people, it would also lead to the biggest take-home pay raise in a generation for most workers

Conyers fought for gun control, anti-poverty programs and universal health care. He held hearings to spotlight police misconduct and also supported legislation urging a study of the possibility of offering reparations to the descendants of slaves.

Methane is an especially potent greenhouse gas. A modest feed additive could provide a big leverage effect.

Plants and animals came back much faster than thought, with plants spurring mammals to diversify, the team reports today in Science.

Moving some of the US troops stationed in Syria to Iraq while deploying an additional 1,800 troops to Saudi Arabia and continuing to participate in the brutal Saudi-led war in Yemen is hardly a strategy to “bring our great soldiers back home.”

While Lebanon has recently experienced similar massive “street explosions” against the ruling class (such as in 2015), the 2019 ‘October Revolution’ marks an important turning point in the history of contentious politics in the post-civil war era.