Labor

Here and There, Organic Farming Still Thrives in Heart of U.S. Corn Country

WEST BEND, Iowa — People searching for ways to limit the toll industrialized American agriculture takes on communities, land and water may want to visit Clear Creek Acres in...

The Democratic Dead-End of Chasing Moderate Republicans

A pair of quotes, separated by eight years, spotlight a chronic political mentality at the top of the...

Whistleblower: Trump Media Company Betrays ’America First’ by Outsourcing Jobs

This story was originally published by ProPublica. An internal whistleblower complaint at Trump Media calls for CEO Devin Nunes...

The Tipped Wage System Is Failing — and Removing Taxes Won’t Save It

Both major presidential candidates have called for eliminating taxes on tips. But that won’t help most restaurant workers.  What...

Denver Basic Income Project Could Run Out of Funding by Year End

One of the nation’s largest guaranteed monthly income experiments for unhoused people helped Lewis Horton, Hunter Ambrose and...

Harris Gets Mixed Grades From Progressives After Debate

The 2024 U.S. presidential debate in Philadelphia on Tuesday night presented what progressive organizers and labor leaders described as a stark choice between a...

On Labor Day Weekend, Support for Unions Hits 70-Year High

Despite corporate-backed efforts to erode union power in the United States for more than a century, U.S. public support for organized labor is higher...

The Forebears of JD Vance and the New Right

This story was originally published by History News Network. The ascension of Ohio Sen. JD Vance from, as he was dubbed by much of the...