Josh Shapiro Doesn’t Care if You Kill A Pennsylvania Citizen
Provided you’re an illegal Israeli settler in the West Bank, that is.
Sean O’Brien Sold Labor to Trump, and Got Nothing
The Teamster boss has cozied up to the GOP, but the Republicans’ anti-labor politics are the same as ever.
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Minnesota Tried a General Strike. Now What?
As state violence escalates around the country through ICE, people are considering mass labor action as a way to fight back. Could general strikes make American workers an organized political force to reckon with again?
- by Sumona Gupta
What Hospitals Do After Tragedy—And Police Should Too
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