Higher Education Is Exploiting International Students for Cheap Teaching Labor

Academic labor should be compensated no matter who is doing the teaching.

NYC Taxi Drivers Win Debt Relief After 2-Week Hunger Strike

The average debt owed on medallions, the physical permits to operate taxis, is $600,000.

At Least 269 Workers in US Meatpacking Industry Died in First Year of Pandemic

A House subcommittee found there were three times as many cases and deaths among these workers as previously known.

"Pink Ribbon Banking" Claims to Fight Cancer But Boosts Carcinogenic Fossil Fuels

Susan G. Komen has a legacy of unabashed complicity in cancer-causing partnerships.

Bannon Indicted for Contempt of Congress for Ignoring January 6 Subpoena

Donald Trump's former 2016 campaign and White House adviser was indicted by a federal grand jury on Friday.

Loopholes in Clean Air Act Are Letting a Texas Refinery Get Away With Pollution

A Texas plant emits as much lung-damaging sulfur dioxide as it did before the Clean Air Act was passed 51 years ago.

Death of Disability Advocate Puts Spotlight on Systemic Ableism in Air Travel

Disability rights advocate Engracia Figueroa died months after United Airlines allegedly damaged her wheelchair.

Establishment Dems in Buffalo Unfazed by Sabotage of Party's Mayoral Nominee

If a candidate from the left won in this manner, the party establishment would likely issue a ruthless condemnation.

Biden Administration Will Hold US's Largest Offshore Drilling Auction Days After COP26

More than 250 environmental and Indigenous groups urged President Joe Biden to cancel the auction this week.

Democrats File to Censure Gosar Over Video Showing Him Killing Ocasio-Cortez

Gosar’s video is a “clear cut case for censure,” the representatives said.

Most Millionaires Get Average Tax Cut of $16K a Year With SALT Cap Increase

An analysis finds that middle-class families would only get $20 for 2021 under the tax proposal.

Trump Said It Was "Common Sense" for His Backers to Want to Hang Pence on Jan. 6

Trump sympathized with his loyalists, saying they were "angry" that Pence wouldn't overturn the election.

Corporate Dem Tom Suozzi Wants Tax Cuts for Rich Jammed Into Build Back Better

Representative Suozzi aims to push through a tax break that favors wealthy homeowners in a handful of states.

Climate Activists Say Loopholes in COP26 Pact "Make Mockery" of Negotiations

Activists staged a walkout in response to late decisions made by negotiators to severely weaken commitments.

We Work Too Damn Much. Let’s Demand a 4-Day Workweek by 2022.

A four-day workweek would make time to rebalance our lives and also create space for collective action to thrive.

Let’s Turn Rising Generations Into War Resisters Rather Than Veterans

No amount of moralizing or drum-beating can ever inspire people like me to fight a war for U.S. war-makers again.

Why Did the DoD Abandon a Report Tracking 139 Military Mental Health Programs?

The Defense Health Agency inexplicably stopped an unprecedented project to improve 139 military mental health programs.

Wealth Inequality Is Fueling the Climate Emergency

"Equity has to be a key part of our responses" to the climate crisis, says climate scientist Kevin Anderson.

Republican Who Voted for Infrastructure Bill Got Death Threat Over Vote, He Says

The Republican says he got over 1,000 calls after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tweeted his number to her followers.

Right-Wing Attacks on Native Child Welfare Law Should Frighten Us All

The right's attacks on the Indian Child Welfare Act are part of a larger power grab.