Aug 24, 2026
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 and around Gary, Indiana have been
surviving without power for 12 days and counting. According to the
Associated Press, “Northern Indiana Public Service Co.
said...
Aug 19, 2026
In her 2001 masterwork Nickel and Dimed, the late
Barbara Ehrenreich went undercover to report on the daily realities
working people in America face trying to get by on minimum-wage.
After working as a housekeeper, a nursing aide, a home cleaner, a
server, and more, Ehrenreich wrote that “The first thing I
discovered...
Aug 13, 2026
Frontline healthcare workers and the patients they serve are
facing a major crisis at the University of Vermont Health
network—the state’s leading healthcare provider. “In June, UVM
Health eliminated over 140 positions across its network, a third of
which were union positions,” Matt More reports at
The...
Aug 10, 2026
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 facility, located on the southwestern shore
of Lake Michigan, is BP’s last unionized oil refinery in the United
States. BP says it is pursuing “modernized job...
Aug 5, 2026
In 2022, the United States nearly experienced its first
national railroad strike in decades, until then-President Joe
Biden, along with Democrats and Republicans in Congress, stepped in
to block a strike before it could begin. Rail labor unions were
forced to accept contracts that did not substantively...