Michigan’s Muslims take matters into their own hands
This article is a part of Left Out: The Missing Election narratives, a collection of unreported histories by publications inside of the Movement Media Alliance. In These Times magazine, The Forge...
View ArticleArkansas police caught on camera targeting pizza delivery driver with minor...
Police in Jonesboro, Arkansas, are facing scrutiny following the release of body camera footage capturing a ticket issued to a local pizza delivery driver—who says that officers have pulled him over...
View ArticleFrom Gaza to Los Angeles, our leaders have set the world on fire
As fires continue to rage in Los Angeles, news of an imminent ceasefire in Gaza are raising hopes across the world. All this comes as Trump is about to enter office, ensuring that the system...
View ArticleWant to defend immigrant workers in your contract? Here are some suggestions.
This story originally appeared in Labor Notes on Jan. 16, 2025. It is shared here with permission. The following language was compiled from a series of unions and labor activists. It is intended as a...
View ArticleStories of Resistance: Victor Jara’s Last Words
Hope does not die. But it can fade until it’s transformed and reborn. This is what happened that overcast winter day, when it was trampled by the soldiers in uniform. Run over by the tanks. Gunned...
View Article‘Trump is forcing us … to enter illegally’: Migration surges at US-Mexico...
Many migrants at the US-Mexico border are taking their chances at an undocumented crossing before the Trump administration comes into office on Jan. 20. The Real News reports from Tijuana, where...
View ArticleA call to media organizations: don’t back down in the face of Trump’s threats
This story originally appeared in Truthout on Jan. 20, 2025. It is shared here with permission. As Donald Trump is inaugurated a second time, independent media organizations are faced with urgent...
View ArticleTrump’s assault on immigrants is coming—here’s what you need to know
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised that, if elected, “On day one, I will launch the largest deportation program of criminals in the history of America.” Trump’s administration has wasted no...
View ArticleStories of Resistance: Standing Against the Cold
It was a cold day in Washington When the Proud Boys came to townAnd the rioters were pardoned And executive orders fell like rain (or snow). It was a cold dayWhen the Capitol rotunda filled with...
View ArticleTrump’s billionaires will accelerate American decline. Dr. Richard Wolff...
On the campaign trail and beyond, Donald Trump and MAGA right have repeatedly presented themselves as the true representatives of America’s beleaguered working class. And yet, like the Capitol rotunda...
View ArticleFederal workers union warns Trump purge ‘will cause chaos’
This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Jan. 28, 2024. It is shared here with permission under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license. A union that represents over 800,000 employees...
View ArticleDC plane crash, funding freeze, NLRB firings, and what Trump’s chaotic...
From the attempt to broadly freeze federal grants and loans to high-profile firings at the National Labor Relations Board, TRNN Reporter Mel Buer and Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez break down...
View ArticleStories of Resistance: The Revolutionary Basement
Victoria Abdenor is a compulsive cleaner. But her home is perpetually dirty. Every morning, she opens her bedroom windows and beats her sheets and blankets. Dust and dirt fall onto the working class...
View Article‘Don’t open the door’: how Chicago is frustrating ICE’s campaign of fear
This story was originally published by In These Times on Jan. 30, 2025. It is shared here with permission. “Tom Homan said Chicago is very organized,” Margarita Klein, director of member organizing...
View ArticleVance visit on derailment’s second anniversary leaves residents wondering,...
This story originally appeared in Pittsburgh Union Progress on Feb. 4, 2025. It is shared here with permission. Big news happened Monday in East Palestine, Ohio. And dammit, we at PUP missed it. The...
View Article‘The sea is forbidden’: Gaza’s fishermen remain steadfast against Israeli...
Despite their coastal location, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip can only count on the sea for part of their diet. Israeli warships blockade Gaza as part of its overall siege of the strip, and in doing...
View Article51st State? Trump’s attacks on Canada will hurt workers on both sides
Trump’s threats of tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico have wreaked havoc on US relations with its closest trade partners. While the tariffs against Canada and Mexico have been deferred by a month,...
View ArticlePolice swarm New Orleans ahead of Super Bowl LIX
As the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles prepare to square off in New Orleans for Super Bowl LIX, security has been unprecedented both in the wake of the deadly Bourbon Street attack on...
View ArticleStories of Resistance: How Indigenous peoples in Brazil fought COVID-19
Back to the Earth In the early days of COVID, when the disease spreads like wildfire And ICU units overflow capacity There are few places as bad as Brazil And the Amazon is ground zero A sign of...
View ArticleSurviving genocide, and Gaza’s bitter winter
As a fragile ceasefire falters in Gaza, millions of displaced Palestinians are still without adequate shelter. Exposure and hypothermia now present grave threats to people’s survival. The Real News...
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