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Aerial view of containers and cargo ships at the Port of Los Angeles on January 19, 2022, in San Pedro, California.

Economy and Inequality

Automation and the trade deficit are decimating US ports

by Michael Sainato August 10, 2022March 20, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams joins newly commissioned New York City police officers after they graduate from the police academy at a ceremony in Madison Square Garden on July 1, 2022, in New York City, New York.

Economy and Inequality

‘We’re already stretched thin’: NYC teachers criticize massive school budget cuts

by Michael Sainato July 6, 2022July 6, 2022

Maria Martinez (left) stands in the kitchen with her 23-year-old son Ricardo Martinez (right) talking to Roberto Garcia-Ceballos (reflected in the doorway) from the Community Power Collective, an organization fighting to help tenants as they face eviction from the 50-unit Tokio Hotel apartments located at 1013½ S Central Ave in downtown Los Angeles, California, on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021

Economy and Inequality

Renters are being fleeced with huge rent hikes and evictions—and it’s only getting worse

by Michael Sainato June 23, 2022June 24, 2022

A man holding a sign with "Medical debt is unjust" written on it

Economy and Inequality

‘It’s hard to look for a better life’: The Americans buried in debt for getting sick

by Michael Sainato May 9, 2022March 20, 2024

Economy and Inequality

‘The phrase ‘back to normal’ drives me crazy’: COVID widows and survivors are still struggling

by Michael Sainato April 13, 2022March 20, 2024

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in front of a backdrop reading "Awake, not woke."

Politics and Movements: US

Florida’s racist and anti-LGBTQ bills are already having a chilling effect

by Michael Sainato March 15, 2022March 21, 2024

SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin workers with signs

Economy and Inequality

‘We’re at a crisis level’: Nurses take on union-busting bosses over short staffing

by Michael Sainato February 2, 2022March 21, 2024

The entrance of Angola Prison

Prisons and Policing

Corporations are making millions of dollars from US prison labor

by Michael Sainato January 5, 2022March 22, 2024

Economy and Inequality

‘Now is the moment for the labor movement’: ‘Strikesgiving,’ quits, and America’s great reassessment of work

by Michael Sainato December 1, 2021March 25, 2024

Farm laborers wearing masks and protective equipment stand in a field

Economy and Inequality

While other sectors experience strikes, farm workers are still fighting for basic human rights

by Michael Sainato November 4, 2021March 25, 2024