Ways to Plug-In and Protest This May Day, Despite the Shutdown
May Day, May Day, workers of the world unite! There’s lots going on this International Workers Day. Many groups…
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Their Ancestors Greeted the Pilgrims, Now the Mashpee Wampanoag Fight for their Land Amid a Pandemic
Cape Cod land dispute followed closely by other tribes who could be targeted by feds.
Com’on People, Pick Up Your PPE Trash
As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the United States. and everyone now being encouraged (if not ordered) to cover…
From the Border to NYC: COVID-19 Makes Life Even More Precarious for the Undocumented
At a refugee camp in Mexico, detention centers in Texas, New York and New Jersey, on the streets of Brooklyn — here’s how immigrant communities are responding to the threat of the virus. And how to help.
Should We Be Ridin’ With Biden? A Progressive Debate
The left finds itself in a familiar position following the demise of Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign: embrace the presumptive…
Capitalism: Isolated, Sick and Down
The post-Great Recession expansion, the longest bull market in U.S. history, has met the matador. For the second time…
Three Anti-Capitalist Documentaries to Stream During the Shutdown
Right now, it’s easy to feel disconnected. But if you have the energy and time, there are still ways…
In Pandemic-Hit Service Industry, Union Staff at Ellen’s Stardust Diner Show a Way Forward
As the pandemic spread and New York City became the global epicenter of the coronavirus, the restaurant industry was…
As Virus Spreads in Nursing Homes, Gov. Cuomo’s Big Donors Are Immune from Liability
Corpses left in the hallway of a nursing home in East New York. A whopping 55 deaths at another…
The Final Act: How We Can Learn To Face Our Deaths With Clarity And Compassion
Those of us who have lived seven decades or more can set an example by approaching death openly, with curiosity, even with hope.