Labor

Environment

Mass Federal Layoffs Can Move Forward

Sarah Trent / High Country News Jul 11, 2025 The ‘shortsighted’ cuts — which could include more than 100,000 federal workers — could devaste conservation and science efforts. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Labor

Labor Mobilizes Against the Raids

Natascha Elena Uhlmann, Sarah Lazare / LaborNotes Jul 9, 2025 Union members across the country intensify the battle to keep workers — unionized or not — free and safe from federal immigration authorities. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Immigration

ICE Is Raiding Farms Again

Seth Millstein / Sentient Jul 1, 2025 Trump’s inconsistent enforcement of immigration policy is wreaking havoc on the nation's agriculture industry. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Labor

How to Win the Nation’s Highest Minimum Wage

Sonali Kolhatkar / IMI Jun 9, 2025 The Tourism Workers Rising campaign in Southern California offers an organizing course on effecting change. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

TD Original

A Safety Net Coming Apart at the Seams

Alexander Zaitchik / Truthdig Jun 9, 2025 From staff cuts to buggy chatbots, Trump and DOGE are accelerating a crisis at the Social Security Administration 20 years in the making. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Labor

Hawley Calls for Tyson Probe Amid Child Labor Allegations

Dawn Attride / Sentient Jun 4, 2025 Federal oversight is shrinking as policy proposals echo Project 2025's deregulatory agenda. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Technology

The Tech Recruitment Ruse That Has Evaded Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Alec MacGillis / ProPublica Jun 3, 2025 Every Sunday, newspapers are full of ads for tech jobs that aren't really looking for applicants. They reveal an aspect of U.S. immigration law that hurts both domestic and foreign workers — yet has endured for decades. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Labor

Turkish Workers: You Don’t Want a Strongman

Jane Slaughter / Labor Notes Jun 3, 2025 In Turkey, labor leaders find themselves under arrest for organizing against a government that wants to bend labor to its will. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

TD Column

Beware the Supreme Court’s ‘Shadow Docket’

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jun 2, 2025 A secretive set of emergency rulings is expanding presidential power and undermining precedent. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Immigration

Trapped in a Factory Farm

Nina B. Elkadi / Sentient May 21, 2025 A lawsuit alleges that 3 Guatemalans were told they were coming to the U.S. for a cultural exchange — only to be thrust into dangerous jobs. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

TD Column

Josh Hawley and the Mirage of Republican ‘Populism’

Conor Lynch / Truthdig May 20, 2025 The proposed House budget bill should put to rest any talk about a Republican turn toward the interests and concerns of ordinary people. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Interview

We Can Fight Trump Without Caving to Corporatists

Norman Solomon and Richard Eskow / Truthdig May 19, 2025 If Democrats want to mount a winning strategy against Trump, they need to recognize it's time to let progressives in, not push them away. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )