Labor and Fight Against Data Centers and Tech Oligarchy

There’s no room for dithering—the U.S. labor movement has to choose now whether to be on the right side of history

COP31 Is Here. Will Anyone Finally Say “Fossil Fuels”?

Three decades of climate talks have danced around the real problem. Turkey’s summit is the latest test.

Providence Built a Movement and Divested From Israel

Providence, Rhode Island, is now the largest US city to divest from Israel and the first to enact a divestment law through popular vote. An organizer on the campaign explains how they did it alongside campaigning for socialist elected officials.

Black Women Carried Democrats to Victory—Again

Republicans underestimated the African American response to voting rights backsliding and how Black women would make history fighting off those threats.

Media Bits and Bytes — November 10, 2026

Forever blowing (AI) bubbles

Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Big Bend Wall

Ruling said law enacted by Congress reflects preference for border control over environmental and recreational harm

This Week in People’s History, Nov 11–17, 2026

New York Times headline: ARCHBISHOP CAUSED BIRTH CONTROL RAID
Police Attempt to Suppress Reproductive Rights Advocacy in 1921 Inspires a Groundswell of Fightback

The Open and Shut Impeachment Case Against Todd Blanche

The criminal prosecution of innocent people because they are the president’s political enemies is not a strain, but a break. The new Congress’s should reject Blanche’s crass and corrupt embrace of the rule of tyrants.

10 Reasons Hakeem Jeffries Should Not Be House Speaker

Voters did not reject Republican extremism just to see Democratic leaders continue pouring billions into wars and corporate interests while families struggle to afford housing, healthcare, and basic necessities.

Veterans in Crisis Need More Than a ‘Thank You'

This Veterans Day, we must stop military adventures that harm our own soldiers as much as our perceived enemies.
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Culture

poetry

9 to 5

Dolly Parton
Singer / songwriter Dolly Parton, born in poverty, rose to the heights of American "show business," but never forget the plight of the ordinary working woman and man.

books

The Said Phenomenon

Conor McCarthy Los Angeles Review of Books
Two new books on Edward Said read his criticism alongside the work of Jonathan Swift and Lionel Trilling.

food

Eat Mesquite!

Serina DeSalvio Ambrook.com
In our quest for high-fiber, high-protein foods that are sustainable and delicious, the sturdy mesquite tree is getting some attention. An ideal plant for low-input agriculture, it’s adaptable to heat and drought and it has a lot of species.

Labor

labor

The New Congress Must Pass Meaningful Legislation for the Working Class

United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) Officers UE
While the Democratic Party was the beneficiary of Tuesday’s elections, we must be clear that the Democrats’ failure to address the needs of the working class was also the cause of Trump’s rise in the first place.

Friday nite video

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What the Media Is Missing About Democrats’ Midterm Victories

Economic populism helped deliver impressive victories, but those gains could be fickle and short-lived or long-lasting and durable. To keep working class majorities, here’s 5 specific ideas for what Democrats need to do next.

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Voters Stay Misinformed with AI | The Daily Show

Americans get unhelpful voting tips from ChatGPT, Elon Musk's new "flying" car takes a safety-last approach, and a Kung Fu robot bodyguard can kickflip burglars in the taint.
 

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Historian Debunks The Biggest Witchcraft Myths

Historian of Witchcraft & Demonology Mikki Brock deep-dives to separate fact from fiction: the Salem witch trials, the original witch hunts and what modern-day witch hunts look like.