Author: Sonali Kolhatkar
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As the Planet Warms, We Are Sacrificing Lives for Profits
Climate change is the result of a deadly calculus: human lives are worth risking and even losing over the profits of global corporations. Keep reading »
How Young Workers Are Unionizing Starbucks
Starbucks Workers United is racking up victorious union votes in one branch after another of the iconic American coffee chain. A young California-based worker-organizer explains why this organizing campaign is different. Keep reading »
Anti-Abortionists Played the Long Game, And They Are Winning
The US is sliding toward a grim future where abortion is criminalized with little support for families. This “new normal” is disproportionately impacting low-income people of color. Keep reading »
Social Housing for All
The US government has for years enabled the private market to make money off our housing needs. Now, as home prices and rents skyrocket, there is a simple solution: offer people a public option for housing. Keep reading »
Starbucks Workers Victorious in Their Fight for a Union
It is hugely significant that even one café out of thousands in the iconic Starbucks coffee chain has beaten back the company’s union-busting tactics to choose collective power in the workplace. Keep reading »
Why Amazon Is Terrified of Its US Workers Unionizing
With a second union vote at its Alabama warehouse coming at a time of rising worker disaffection, Amazon is clearly worried that American workers will go the way of Europe: toward collective bargaining for their labor rights. Keep reading »
G20 States Scheme to Avoid Economic Commitments at COP26
The G20, an exclusive club of mostly wealthy nations, met just before the COP26 in Glasgow and paid little more than lip service to the world’s leading problems, while preserving their own financial dominance. Keep reading »
Record Numbers of Workers Are Quitting and Striking
Taken together with a sharp increase in union strikes, the mass resignations of individuals indicate a deep worker dissatisfaction across the nation. Keep reading »
Enbridge Line 3: The Climate Disaster Unfolding Before Our Eyes
Hurricane Ida perfectly illustrates the devastating impacts of climate change. Stopping the Line 3 pipeline, in line with Indigenous demands, is a perfect opportunity for political leaders to take climate action. Keep reading »
Could California End Up With a Trump-Like Governor?
If Democratic voters fail to turn out for California’s upcoming recall election, the nation’s most populous, and arguably most liberal, state could end up with a right-wing extremist at its helm. Keep reading »
Thousands March to Demand Medicare for All
Activists in more than 50 cities across the United States marched and rallied on July 24 to demand a Medicare for All or single-payer healthcare system. With Congress and the … Keep reading »
Twenty Years of US Occupation Was Brutal in Afghanistan: And So Will Be the Exit
Alongside the relief of ending the longest war in modern American history, we need to acknowledge the horrors of what we are leaving behind in Afghanistan. Keep reading »