Worker wins at Amazon and Starbucks recall a previous period of union success, writes Elizabeth Oglesby.
US LABOR DAY: Central American Migrants & US Labor History
Tag: Texas
The Renewables Rush in Texas
Many of the beneficiaries of the state’s program have parent companies with high carbon emissions and a history of fighting climate policies, write Nathan Jensen and Isabella Steinhauer.
‘Hardening’ US Schools
William Astore says the idea of putting students and teachers inside pseudo military bunkers represents a surrender to the notion of schools as potential sites of gun combat and mass death.
Resisting Evictions Amid a Pandemic
Poverty and homelessness are not eternal, writes Liz Theoharis. Life truly does not have to be this way.
A Hunger Strike Against Big Oil
Ann Wright reports on Diane Wilson’s stand against channel dredging in mercury-laden Matagorda Bay, Texas.
Texans Reject Grid That Brought Disaster
A majority of voters in the state oppose keeping an independent power grid, reports Bilal Baydoun.
Texas Becoming Failed State Amid Historic Winter Storm
Millions of people are endangered by the Lone Star state’s isolated and underregulated electric grid.
ICE Detainees on Hunger Strike Being Force-Fed Like Those at Guantánamo
Organizations ranging from the ACLU to Human Rights Watch condemn the practice as “inherently cruel, inhuman, and degrading,” writes A. Naomi Paik.
Fired School Employee Sues Over Israel Loyalty Oath
A Texas school employee has sued her school district because it fired her after she refused to sign a loyalty oath to Israel, as Marjorie Cohn reports.
The Ongoing Struggle for Abortion Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-3 decision overturning Texas’ onerous rules for abortion clinics blocked one line of attack used by anti-abortion activists to restrict women’s access to the procedure, reports Dennis J Bernstein.