Labor

Environment

‘Help Is Not on the Way’

Kylie Mohr / High Country News Aug 8, 2025 As fire season ramps up, thousands of Forest Service firefighting positions are vacant. The Western U.S. is particularly vulnerable. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Global Voices

La resistencia que desafía el ajuste de Milei en Argentina

Camila Parodi / Truthdig Aug 4, 2025 El presidente Javier Milei emula las políticas de extrema derecha y la represión contra la disidencia al estilo de Trump, pero lxs argentinxs muestran su rechazo con firmeza en las calles. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Global Voices

Argentine Feminists, Retirees and Unions Unite Against Milei

Camila Parodi / Truthdig Jul 31, 2025 President Javier Milei rivals Donald Trump in far-right policies and repression of dissent, but Argentines defiantly and consistently resist. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

TD Original

Randi Weingarten’s AI Betrayal

Nolan Higdon / Truthdig Jul 29, 2025 A new program funded by Big Tech is a Trojan horse, allowing it to infiltrate public education and lock in long-term influence. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

TD Column

The Class Politics of Idleness

Conor Lynch / Truthdig Jul 24, 2025 The GOP defends its cruel budget bill with ancient tropes about the industrious rich and “undeserving” poor. It’s time to reverse the script. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Labor

The Women Who Clean New York Get Organized

Samantha Rudick, Laura Pellicer / More To Her Story Jul 18, 2025 Nearly invisible yet essential, women laundromat workers in New York City who face abuse and exploitation are leading a quiet revolution. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

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 )