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AFL-CIO lays out most ambitious union organizing targets ever
MINNEAPOLIS—Renee Throckmorton’s managers at the Corning Cable fiber optics plant thought harassing her, including following her to the bathroom, would stop the union drive. It did the opposite. It convinced her and her co-workers even more of the necessity of organizing a union and building power on her shop floor. Throckmorton, a rank-and-file worker now […]
- By : Cameron Harrison
- June 9, 2026
Chaos and creation merge as music community rallies at Rat Fest 3
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio—If running a musical festival by yourself sounds like a herculean effort, it’s because it is. Rat Fest 3 came to fruition thanks to a tightly knit group of friends and the greater Bowling Green music community. Rat Fest is the brainchild of Jacob W. Fowler, operator of the D.I.Y. record label Beautiful […]
- By : Jules Shinkle
- June 9, 2026
Israel included on United Nations’ sexual violence blacklist
NOTICE: This news article contains descriptions of sexual violence. TEL AVIV—United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has placed Israel’s armed forces on his blacklist of countries and entities accused of sexual violence in war zones, citing abuse of Palestinian inmates. The 2026 edition of the Secretary-General’s Report on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, which covers the year […]
- By : Zo HaDerekh
- June 8, 2026
AFL-CIO’s 30th Constitutional Convention kicked off in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS—On the opening day of the AFL-CIO’s 30th Constitutional Convention, hundreds of delegates gathered in downtown Minneapolis and re-elected President Liz Shuler and Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond to new terms, welcomed the return of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) after more than two decades, and set an ambitious course for the labor movement in a […]
- By : Cameron Harrison
- June 8, 2026
Labor jumps full force into 2026 election battles
MINNEAPOLIS—Entering her second full-term as AFL-CIO President, Liz Shuler laid out big plans for the nation’s labor federation over the next five years. For the current midterm elections, the federation plans to put 50,000 “election protectors” in the field. Accepting her re-election, unopposed, at the AFL-CIO Convention’s opening session in Minneapolis, Shuler also set a […]
- By : Mark Gruenberg
- June 8, 2026
U.S. steps up interference in Australia’s domestic politics
SYDNEY—This past March, the Trump administration sent a cable ordering its embassies and consulates to launch local campaigns to proactively combat propaganda targeting the U.S. This initiative, of course, includes the U.S. embassy and its consulates in Australia, where Washington is already monitoring the criminal activity of local migrants and taking a keen interest in […]
- By : Paul Gregoire
- June 8, 2026
A pulpit is needed outside the White House
The prophets of the ancient world did not have large, independent platforms from which to tell the story of their people. They were public interrupters. Moses went to Pharaoh’s palace on behalf of the enslaved Hebrew children and interrupted business as usual. Esther declared, in a different political context, “If I perish, I perish, but […]
- By : Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II And Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
- June 8, 2026
Hegseth directs DOD to drop hundreds of faiths from recognized religion list
For further reading: Federal workers sue Trump regime over pro-Christian nationalist proselytizing Pope rebukes Hegseth’s prayers, labeling them as bloodlust U.S. troops told Iran war will bring on biblical end times There’s nothing Christian about “Christian” nationalism
- By : Greg Kearney
- June 8, 2026
Rapid Response: Pass the Transgender Bill of Rights
Call, write, and visit your U.S. Senators and Representative as we recognize Pride Month to support the Transgender Bill of Rights H.Res.1058 (Rep. Pramila Jayapal and 107 co-sponsors) and S. Res. 604 (Sen. Edward Markey and 9 co-sponsors). The organized attack against transgender, nonbinary and LGBTQ+ people is part of the overall attack on human […]
- By : People’s World
- June 5, 2026
Muslim woman’s car shot at in Dallas; police not investigating
DALLAS—On Mother’s Day, Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) organizer Sabah Mooswi’s car was shot at as she drove home along Interstate 35 in Dallas, Texas. The bullet pierced through her windshield and went straight through the seat where her son usually sits. Luckily, he was not in the car with her at the time. Mooswi called […]
- By : Raven Raevsky
- June 5, 2026