23+ hour, 25+ min ago   (854+ words) On the heels of their victory on silica-based powder, baristas are urging patrons to boycott until they win a contract. The boycott of Starbucks’ multinational coffee chain is still in full swing this Labor Day weekend as Starbucks workers push…...

23+ hour, 22+ min ago   (1086+ words) David W. Hylan’s new book Small Town Rage shines a light on ‘90s-era AIDS organizing in conservative Shreveport. Nearly four decades have passed since ACT UP (the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) started in New York in 1987 as a direct action…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (604+ words) Trump’s plan to “make D.C. beautiful again” means more policing for the city’s residents. The expenditures are enormous: $16 million toward a failed paint job on the National Mall reflecting pool. $5 million for bronze horse statues. Over $900 million toward White…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (461+ words) He cast doubt on the US’s responsibility for attacking the Iranian wedding party, despite mounting evidence. Vice President JD Vance cast doubt on and downplayed the U.S.’s strike on a wedding in Iran earlier this week that killed at…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (360+ words) The decision will likely be appealed by Republican state leaders to the US Supreme Court. Missouri voters will be given the chance to weigh in on maps redrawn by the Republican-led state legislature last year, which created congressional boundaries many…...

2+ day, 5+ min ago   (441+ words) Trusted figures such as firefighters and clergy will protect Black, Latino, and Asian precincts that could be targets. “If we’re serving a warrant, we will be where we need to be,” Mullin said. “Just having the possibility of them showing…...

2+ day, 30+ min ago   (533+ words) Fetterman also once asked the Israeli ambassador to send him talking points to include in a pro-Israel op-ed. A new exposé on conservative Democrat Sen. John Fetterman (Pennsylvania) has revealed that he has been abdicating almost all of his Senate…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (138+ words) Eddie Melton, the mayor of the majority-Black city, says infrastructure must be hardened ahead of future severe storms. As climate change worsens wildfires, a gutted US Forest Service is struggling to keep up. This is what happens when a government…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (529+ words) The village of al-Mughayyir is on the front line of encroachments by the Israeli army and armed settlers. On September 2, Israeli settlers and soldiers stormed the homes of Palestinian shepherds in al-Mughayyir and attempted to steal their sheep. When villagers…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (435+ words) The bill would not even allow institutions to take actions to limit commercial deals with Israel. The House voted on Thursday to pass a bipartisan bill that would cut off federal funding for universities that participate in a boycott of…...