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The president is compelled to delay his tariffs. The Republican Congress failed to do it, so the markets did.

"We sounded the alarm, and they're backing off," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. "But the fight's not over."

Forty-one anti-protest bills in 22 states have been introduced since start of 2025, according to law tracker

Manufacturing jobs alone didn’t build postwar prosperity — organized labor did. And Trump is killing it...

Trump and his MAGA movement are conspiring with oligarchs to turn the U.S. into a rightwing authoritarian state. The labor movement can play a key role in fighting back.

We asked Prof. Falk specifically about the Palestinian people’s right to defend themselves, and, specifically, about armed struggle and its consistency (or lack thereof) with international law.

As the White House carries out an anti-worker agenda, labor leaders fear corporate America could also grow more hostile

A wave of mass layoffs across the U.S. exposes the real cost of Trump’s trade war, as union leaders and lawmakers warn of deepening instability in American manufacturing

The Department of Government Efficiency isn’t bumbling through an ill-advised reform effort. It’s deliberately sabotaging federal agencies to make way for privatization.