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“Katrina 2.0”: Residents of Gary, Indiana Fight to Survive Without Power for 12 days (and Counting)
After a deadly “derecho” storm and flash floods slammed the midwest in early August, downing trees and power lines, tens of thousands of residents in…
2 hours ago
Introducing: Scene on Radio
Today, we are pleased to share with you an episode from the podcast Scene on Radio. It’s hosted by longtime journalist John Biewen, with co-host jour…
3 days, 20 hours ago
No Such Thing as “Unskilled Work”: Barbara Ehrenreich’s “Nickel and Dimed” 25 Years Later
In her 2001 masterwork Nickel and Dimed, the late Barbara Ehrenreich went undercover to report on the daily realities working people in America face …
4 days, 14 hours ago
Real public safety means more community, not cages
Effective public safety policy is founded on preventing crime and repairing harm, but these are not the foundations of America’s reactionary criminal…
5 days, 15 hours ago
From Black Power to hip hop: The evolution of Mopreme Shakur
How are hip hop and Black Liberation connected? In this special Black August edition of Rattling the Bars, former political prisoner and Black Panthe…
6 days, 12 hours ago
The Student Movement for Palestine Is Not Going Away
In 2024, at the height of Israel’s US-backed genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, one of the most widespread waves of college campus protests since the …
1 week, 2 days ago
Layoffs, Long Waits, Obscene Prices: Vermont Healthcare Workers and Patients Face Historic Crisis
Frontline healthcare workers and the patients they serve are facing a major crisis at the University of Vermont Health network—the state’s leading he…
1 week, 3 days ago
Oil Giant BP Locks Out Workers at Its Last Unionized Refinery in US
For the last five months, oil giant British Petroleum (BP) has locked 800 workers out of their jobs at a crude oil refinery in Whiting, Indiana. The …
1 week, 6 days ago
Returning Citizens Demand Investment in Re-entry, Not Incarceration
As GOP lawmakers push “tough-on-crime” policies in Washington, D.C., re-entry advocates argue these backward measures will only increase recidivism, …
1 week, 6 days ago
Railroad Jobs Have ‘Gotten Worse’ Since Biden and Congress Blocked Workers from Striking
In 2022, the United States nearly experienced its first national railroad strike in decades, until then-President Joe Biden, along with Democrats and…
2 weeks, 4 days ago