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Closing Guantánamo? Yes, a Snail’s Pace… but a Pace

Karen J. Greenberg TomDispatch
There are still 30 detainees at Guantánamo. Sixteen of them have been deemed no longer threats to the United States and cleared for release, but arrangements have yet to be made to transfer them... Now there are tiny steps toward closure.

A Union of Their Own -the Most Militantly Feminist Union

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
How a culture of gross sexism in the airlines created America’s most militantly feminist union. Every officer comes from the ranks of working flight attendants, there is no gap between the lived experience of the rank and file and union leadership.

UMaine Graduate Students Win Union Recognition

Christopher Burns Bangor Daily News
The Maine Labor Relations Board last week certified the Maine Graduate Workers Union-UAW. The graduate workers union will represent about 1,000 graduate assistants, research assistants and teaching assistants who make up a large percentage of the tea

The War on Black Educators and Wokeism

David A. Love LA Progressive
Whether in college or in K-12, the purging of Black educators, administrators and Black studies will have a devastating impact on American society.