'Workers at Mercedes aren’t just fighting the boss or contending with the unfriendly political landscape — they’re up against both, and one can’t change without the other.' Read In These Times: inthesetimes.com/article/merced…

Mercedes-Benz could be the next win in a Southern organizing boom. inthesetimes.com/article/merced…

New roundtable:

“The thing that these universities still don't get is that students aren't going away.'

@Emanabdelhadi, CJ Smiley, Ph.D. and three student activists on Palestinian liberation and the repression of campus protest. inthesetimes.com/article/palest…

This is part of a much broader effort to use new and existing laws, including domestic terrorism statutes and RICO, to go after social movements as I detailed in my recent story for In These Times.
inthesetimes.com/article/war-pr…

“Am I living in a house that is poisoning my children?” inthesetimes.com/article/workin…

Following the UAW’s successful campaign at Volkswagen’s Tennessee plant, workers at a Mercedes-Benz facility in Alabama will vote this month on whether to join the union. A victory could indicate a sea change for labor’s prospects in the U.S. South. inthesetimes.com/article/merced…

Audubon Society has rolled out superior benefits to non-union staff, in what many see as anti-union retaliation.

“It feels like I have to choose between having a family and staying at this organization. And that is a lot of power to give your employer.” inthesetimes.com/article/bird-u…

My cartoon on Gaza for In These Times

Nearly 50% of adults aged 55 to 66 have no retirement savings. Retirement is a site of class conflict, and the other side is winning. inthesetimes.com/article/retire…

Movement photographer Sarah-Ji has been documenting Chicago’s solidarity encampments and the community care that has gone into sustaining them.

“I know that I’m watching history unfold.”
inthesetimes.com/article/chicag…

After a public reckoning on working conditions at Audubon, the nonprofit contracted anti-union firm Littler Mendelson PC. Two years after workers voted to join CWA, workers are still fighting for a contract. inthesetimes.com/article/bird-u…

Chicago’s Robin Hood-style housing plan lost this round, but supporters aren’t backing down. inthesetimes.com/article/bring-…

One of Chicago's movement photographers Love+Struggle Photos has been out capturing the spirit & genius of the student encampments. Images of violent repression are critical, but they don't speak to the full energies that built and sustain them. In These Times inthesetimes.com/article/chicag…