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Haiti’s Political Impasse

Greg Beckett NACLA
Haiti’s current form of “checkpoint governance” represents a structural transformation in how politics works in the country. What defines Haiti now is an impasse—a condition of blockage and immobility that traps millions in place.

The Secret Life of Government Cheese

Colleen Hamilton Ambrook Research
The U.S. government encouraged producers to produce cheese and the USDA began stockpiling the surplus. Some of the same companies that benefited from USDA dairy surplus purchases now rent space in the very caverns once used to house that surplus.

Abundance That Works for Workers—and American Democracy

Kate Andrias and Alexander Hertel-Fernandez Roosevelt Institute
In order to be effective, abundance policy must benefit and build power for working- and middle-class Americans—rather than enriching and empowering concentrated economic interests and generating populist backlash that undermines democracy.

This Week in People’s History, Jul 2–8, 2025

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Headshot of President Trump and the headline Can Trump Actually Repeal It?
Who You Gonna Call? (1965), THIS Is Why Haiti Is So Impoverished (1825), ‘Fight—Don't Starve!’ (1930), One Pipeline Too Many (2020), Happy Birthday to The Nation (1865), Mercury Poisoning at Its Worst (1975), Cuba Stands Up to Uncle Sam (1960)

Emma Tenayuca Championed Class Struggle and Migrant Rights

Alex Birnel Convergence
Almost a century ago, labor activist Emma Tenayuca led Mexican American women in San Antonio’s legendary pecan shellers’ strike, facing down bosses, police, and the Klan. Today amid renewed nativist hate, we can learn from her example.