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Life of Bea Lumpkin celebrated in Chicago
CHICAGO—“I’m so proud of you. Keep kicking ass.” Those were the final words that the late Beatrice Lumpkin said to United Steelworkers President Roxanne Brown when the two met up for the last time recently. But it is Bea Lumpkin whom all workers should be proud of, Brown told a crowd of nearly 200 people […]
- By : Brandon Chew
- August 10, 2026
Data center boom is shaking up elections
For further reading: Data centers at center of Virginia battles over taxes, environment, and jobs Climate activists take on a new foe: Data centers Nashville rises in opposition to proposed data center next to city zoo Data center battle exposes Michigan Democrats’ slide to the right
- By : Greg Kearney
- August 10, 2026
In rural communities, fears amplified by ‘AI slop’ and social media hamper solar boom
Into a clear blue sky, the sweet-smelling smoke billows and spreads. Farmers have been burning and harvesting sugarcane this way for generations, but the practice creates ash fallout and hazardous air pollutants. Every year, farmers plan and coordinate the fires, to clear out pests like snakes and clear leaves, leaving behind only the stalks where the […]
- By : Delaney Nolan
- August 10, 2026
The Pittsburgh (Union) Progress comes roaring back
PITTSBURGH—The Pittsburgh Union Progress is back in business, still written and published by members of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, but without the word “union” on its masthead. That’s because the staffers didn’t just make it a strike paper, as it was for the last three years of their five-year-plus struggle with the Block brothers, […]
- By : Mark Gruenberg
- August 10, 2026
Voters expected to continue choosing fighters in primaries this week
MADISON, Wis.—It may be the dog days of August, but these days are about much more than the weather for primary voters in Wisconsin, Minnesota, a congressional district centered on Hartford, Conn. On Aug. 11, voters will go to the polls in several Democratic Party primary races and decide whether to keep the faith with […]
- By : Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik
- August 10, 2026
Stop ‘de-documentation’: TPS for Haitian workers!
TPS for Haitian Workers! Call, write, or visit your U.S. Senators to demand they immediately pass S.4814 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The companion bill, H.R. 1689, just passed the House with bi-partisan support. Stop the humanitarian and economic crisis for families and communities across […]
- By : People’s World
- August 10, 2026
Who really “messed up” Haiti?
The Trump administration is in the process of ending Temporary Protected Status of some 350,000 Haitian refugees in the United States, and thousands of Syrians are soon to be given the same rough treatment. The Haitians are already losing their jobs, and those in Springfield, Ohio, are being fitted with ankle monitors to prevent them […]
- By : Emile Schepers
- August 10, 2026
Rep. Steve Tharinger on retiring: No ‘labels’ just feed the hungry! House the homeless!
OLYMPIA, Wash.—A capacity crowd gathered in the main dining room of Joshua’s Restaurant Tuesday to salute Rep. Steve Tharinger, who is retiring after 25 years as a Clallam County Commissioner and State Legislator in Olympia. It was primary election day—Tuesday, Aug. 4—and Tharinger joked that he is trying to adjust to his name not being […]
- By : Tim Wheeler
- August 7, 2026
Love & LGBTQ representation: Black Mirror’s ‘San Junipero’ gets graphic novel release
Love in a time of dystopia and existential crisis is one way to describe what many consider the best episode of the long-running science-fiction fantasy series Black Mirror. The Netflix show isn’t exactly known for rainbows and butterflies in its explorations of the overlap between technology, social issues, and the human condition. Building on the […]
- By : Chauncey K. Robinson
- August 7, 2026
Nurse released from ICE detention after pressure from Maine labor movement
PORTLAND, Maine—Debora Kapisha, the Maine Medical Center nurse detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week, has been released from custody, National Nurses United announced on Thursday. Kapisha, a 28-year-old registered nurse from Zambia and asylum seeker, was taken into ICE custody on July 30 while traveling through Boston’s Logan Airport. She spent a week […]
- By : Cameron Harrison
- August 7, 2026