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Worker power is contested not just at the bargaining table, but also in the stories told about workers.

The “third rail” over Palestine is losing its fatal power in Congress and the Democratic Party, and it’s time to shut it down permanently, as part of a long-term orientation towards blocking fascism while building the kind of new Left that we need

“For Trump, trafficking is a bludgeon that’s deployed to accomplish political ends. It’s not about survivors. It’s not about justice. There is no conscience or policy behind this – there is only political calculation.”

The man who's leading Israel into a deepening war in the Strip – amid slim chances of victory – is a failed, isolated and hounded leader who is determined to hold onto power by all means.

The University of California, in a move with strong echoes of McCarthyism, has turned over to the Trump administration dossiers on 160 faculty, students and staff under investigation for antisemitism.

Today’s firings present a new challenge for union stewards because each case becomes public, playing out on social media and on the national stage. Nonetheless, the same principles hold. Here are some basic steps a steward should take.

The fire this time

In “Born Equal,” Akhil Reed Amar paints a sprawling portrait of 19th-century America in thrall to its founding moment.

The claim is central to rationales for arming Israel even as leading human rights groups decry genocide in Gaza

This is how authoritarians operate: they flourish when the population feels despair, turning even moments that could bring us together into tools for separation.