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This Week in People’s History, Sep 24–30, 2025

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President Johnson in the White House talking with Martin Luther King, Jr., Whitney Young, Jr., and James Farmer
Affirmative Action Had a Long Run, But Not Nearly Long Enough (1965), Working for Amazon Is Very, Very, Dangerous (2000), Witch-Hunt Targets Hazel Scott (1950), Bad Medicine at Johns Hopkins (2015)

The Giant Fireball That Could Save Us

David Sirota, Ariella Markowitz, Bill McKibben The Lever
America’s real-life Lorax says the climate apocalypse might be averted after all.

The UAW Has a Vision for Green Industrial Policy in California

Paul Prescod Jacobin
A recent report from UAW Region 6 outlines a bold vision for how to expand clean energy industries in California using union labor. It’s an example of how unions can get serious about industrial policy and assert themselves in the “abundance” debate.

Jimmy Kimmel’s Cancellation Is Peak Hypocrisy

Branko Marcetic Jacobin
After campaigning on ending censorship and cancel culture, Donald Trump is making the list of things you're not allowed to say in America longer and longer. ABC’s cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show signals that not even comedians are safe

What’s Behind Rising Unemployment for Black Workers?

Valerie Wilson Economic Policy Institute
There has been a clear deterioration in the labor market for Black workers this year. The decline in Black workers’ employment appears to be concentrated among Black women.