David Armiak , Alex Kotch
Recent polling shows ALEC’s aggressive position on resuming commercial activity to be outside the mainstream of public opinion. (Photo: CC)
John Feffer
The coronavirus crisis has thrown the global economy into cardiac arrest, and now you are acutely aware of the very markets that you had previously just assumed would function as normal. (Photo: Shutterstock)
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Julia Conley, staff writer
A home health aide who earns just under $13 per hour is the lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, whose department has continued collecting garnished wages from hundreds of thousands of student loan borrowers during the coronavirus pandemic.
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Trump is using a tactic of authoritarians who pretend that they have no influence over the actions of private militias or thug squads. This is failed state stuff right here."
Danny Sjursen
Eugene Debs delivering a speech in Chicago in 1912. "I can see the dawn of the better day for humanity," the famous socialist leader once said. "The people are awakening. In due time they will and must come to their own." (Photo: Wikipedia)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
As the U.S. death toll from Covid-19 stood above 63,000 people Friday—with over a million confirmed cases nationwide—Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced a bill in the U.S. House that would enable a federal relief agency to provide disaster assistance during pandemics.
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"People aren't striking because they don't feel like paying rent. They're striking because they can't pay rent."
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The current crisis has elevated workplace whistleblowing and collective action to a matter of national health."
Christopher D. Cook
Militant labor actions are set to engulf the country this May Day. (Photo: ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Julia Conley, staff writer
Three coal companies with ties to President Donald Trump are among the fossil fuel firms which have taken millions in dollars in coronavirus relief, according to new reporting by The Guardian and corporate watchdog Documented.
Vandana Shiva
Women workers stage a silent protest while practicing social distancing to mark Labor Day on May 1, 2020 in Quezon City, Philippines. Millions of workers and daily wage earners living in poverty in the Philippines suffer the brunt of work stoppage during the government imposed Enhanced Community Quarantine in a bid to stop the spread of the novel Coronavirus. (Photo: Jes Aznar/Getty Images)
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Workers should not have to choose between their livelihoods and their physical safety in a workplace."
Sarah Anderson, Scott Klinger
USPS provides service at uniform and reasonable rates, delivering to 157 million addresses at least six days a week, no matter where they live. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"The pandemic is exposing the big lie of industrial agriculture."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In a move celebrated by advocacy groups across the globe as "a major victory for the millions of nonprofits, civil society organizations, and individuals who make .org their home online," a body that oversees web addresses on Thursday blocked a takeover of the top-level domain by the private equity firm Ethos Capital.
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Karen Gullo
We’re glad ICANN listened to the many voices in the nonprofit world urging it not to support the sale of Public Interest Registry, which runs .ORG, to private equity firm Ethos Capital. (Photo: Andrew Stroehlein/Human Rights Watch/Twitter)
