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Global Trade at Gunpoint

Read this piece, co-published with In These Times, on how Trump is setting up a protection racket to expand corporate power around the world.

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Union members rally against the billionaire agenda at the Minnesota state capitol on May 13. Photo by Amie Stager.

Minneapolis Celebrates 50 Years of International Sex Workers’ Day

Minneapolis sex workers and allies dance in the streets to honor organizing within their sector.

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Marchers sing chants and blow bubbles for a festive atmosphere throughout the parade. Photo by Isabela Escalona.

University of Minnesota Food Service Workers Allege Discrimination and Abuse

The union says the labor relations system is in shambles, and low-wage employees are subject to severe mistreatment.

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University of Minnesota regent Mary Turner, former president of the Minnesota Nurses Association, signs a petition in support of the demands of workers from Teamsters Local 320. Photo by Amie Stager.

Jennifer Abruzzo Wants Workers to Fight Back

Read our exclusive conversation with the former head of the NLRB covering everything from protesting about Gaza in the workplace to taking on multinational companies challenging the constitutionality of the NLRA:

“I do feel that this is a moment and an opportunity for workers to speak up and out about their pain points and their issues at this moment in time, and to seek accountability and to go and seek support from the court of public opinion, and to use their power to withhold labor, if that’s what it takes for them to be heard and for changes to be made that’s going to inure the benefit of them and their families and the communities."

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King Soopers grocery store workers wave signs as they strike at more than 70 stores across the Denver metro area on January 12, 2022 in Glendale, Colorado. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Grocery Workers VS Goliath

Kroger and Albertsons tried to merge and union organizing stopped them. But the fight for grocery workers is just beginning. This article was co-published with In These Times, and the illustrations were made by Rachelle Baker!

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No Wheat, Milk, Rice, Medicines: How the U.S. and Israel Are Starving Yemen

Read this piece, co-published with In These Times, on the Trump administration’s announcement of a truce with the Houthi rebels on May 6, after the United States had already bombed critical infrastructure for importing food and fuel.

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Displaced children in Yemen gather near
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