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Labor

How Socialism Built the Reddest States in the West — Including Utah

Jeff Guay / High Country News Jun 12, 2026 The region’s prevailing narrative of individualism and conservatism obscures a rich labor history centered around worker solidarity, public health and progressive attitudes toward equality and class. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Preschoolers swarm Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a visit to the Learning Through Play Pre-K in the Bronx

Economic Justice

Mamdani to Open a Free Childcare Center for City Workers

Chabeli Carrazana / The 19th Jun 9, 2026 The first-of-its-kind center, called the Little Apple, could be a model for other cities exploring ways to make life more affordable for workers. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Technology

How AI Took Over the Global Gig Economy

Lena Simet, Anna Bacciarelli / FPIF Jun 5, 2026 In Geneva, governments are negotiating the first binding global standard that codifies protections for gig workers and regulate their AI bosses. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Maine

TD Column

Which Way, Democrats?

Conor Lynch / Truthdig May 26, 2026 It is time for the party to stop coddling “good” oligarchs while punching left and to reject the validity of the entire billionaire class. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Immigration

‘What Kind of Life Is This?’: Desperate Cubans Weigh Their Odds in Texas

Jesús Jank Curbelo / Texas Observer May 22, 2026 Refugees from Cuba have always had to struggle for success in America. In Trump’s second term, they’ve been plunged into legal chaos. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Activism

May Day Was More Important Than You Think

Daniel Hunter / Waging Nonviolence May 6, 2026 The mass mobilization on May Day was a show of power — and a dress rehearsal of the tactics it takes to win against an authoritarian regime. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

Delays in Visa Program Threaten Placement of Doctors in Underserved Areas

Arielle Zionts / KFF Health News May 4, 2026 The program allows noncitizen physicians to remain in the country in exchange for working in understaffed facilities in rural and low-income urban communities. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Labor

A May Day Push to ‘Shut It Down’

Mike Elk / Capital & Main Apr 30, 2026 Unions join community groups in planning marches, walkouts and economic actions on May 1 as a show of worker power ahead of the midterm elections. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Women

Dolores Huerta Was Silent About Her Abuse for Years. The Farmworkers She Advocates for Understand.

Candice Norwood / The 19th Mar 30, 2026 They grapple with a system where their income, housing or immigration status may depend on supervisors who perpetuate sexual violence without oversight. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

An Afghan woman, barred by the Taliban from attending university, reads from her notebooks at her home in Kabul

Global Voices

U.S. Sanctions, War and Climate Inflicting a Heavy Mental Health Toll in Afghanistan

Salma Niazi / Truthdig Mar 24, 2026 A generation of young Afghans is struggling with unemployment and the consequent psychological distress. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

United Farm Workers leader Dolores Huerta

Women

César Chávez’s Shadow

Tina Vásquez / Prism Mar 24, 2026 Revelations that the co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union sexually abused young girls and women, including fellow civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, has set off a bomb in Latino communities and movement spaces. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Labor

Hundreds of US Nurses Choose Canada Over Trump’s America

Brett Kelman / KFF Health News Feb 26, 2026 More than 1,000 American-trained nurses have been approved to work in British Columbia since April. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )