Caught between the soaring cost of living and managers hell-bent on freezing wages, health care workers are using their collective power to fight back.
Posted inEconomy and Inequality
A start to the end of the strike? Feds file for temporary injunction to return Pittsburgh news unions to work
The National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday filed for an injunction seeking to have a federal court step in to end an almost two-year strike and put striking Pittsburgh Post-Gazette workers back to work.
Posted inEdge of Sports TV
How French unions leveraged the Olympics to score wins for labor
The Olympics is always a class war—but the rich don’t have to win every time.
Posted inWorking People
Celebrating 300 episodes of ‘Working People’
Nearly six years since the start of ‘Working People,’ the program has covered the lives, jobs, and dreams of workers across industries from Brazil to Slovenia. What’s next?
Posted inThe Marc Steiner Show
Appalachia uprising: Why MAGA doesn’t have answers for America’s poorest region
J.D. Vance’s ‘hillbilly’ image isn’t a true reflection of who he is, or what working class Appalachians need.
Posted inUnder the Shadow
The Legacy of Monroe | Under the Shadow, Bonus Episode 4
Historian Greg Grandin examines the long shadow of the Monroe Doctrine, which continues to shape US imperialism in Latin America.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
March on DNC organizers are fighting Chicago for the right to protest
From battles over permits to march routes, the city of Chicago has put up every obstacle to keep the March on DNC from delivering a pro-Palestine message within sight and sound of the convention.
Posted inRattling the Bars
It’s been 10 years. When will we get justice for Michael Brown?
A decade since Darren Wilson murdered 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, police departments across the US continue to kill and to abuse their power.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
J.D. Vance is a creature of Silicon Valley, not Appalachia
Peter Thiel, David Sacks, Elon Musk, and possibly even Mark Zuckerberg are throwing their weight behind the GOP—with Vance as their man on the inside.
Posted inEdge of Sports TV
‘Israel has violated the [Olympic] Charter’: Jibril Rajoub calls for IOC action against Israel
The head of the Palestinian Olympic Committee explains how Palestinian athletes’ participation in the Olympics advances the Palestinian fight for self-determination.