Most dollar store workers are spread in tiny clusters across the country, meaning each store would have to unionize individually. Today, only 4% of retail workers in the U.S. are unionized. Many are now turning to a different model to build power without unions.

We lost a warrior, a freedom fighter, a visionary, someone who changed the way I see the world. May Assata Shakur rest in power with the ancestors!

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D.C. residents rallied near the White House this morning to protest President Trump’s federal takeover of city law enforcement.

Free DC led a rally near LaFayette Square this morning, where speakers called on D.C. area residents to fight back President Trump’s ‘fascist’ federal takeover.

Significant portions of Article I of the U.S. Constitution were removed from the version published on Congress’ official Constitution website. Large parts of Section 8(which outlines the powers of Congress) were deleted, and Sections 9 and 10,

Providing an alternative to establishment politics and an increasingly right-leaning party made all the difference for Mamdani, politics editor @leximcmenamin.com argues in this op-ed.

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"Execs at CBS’s parent company Paramount may have dumped Colbert not to appease Trump, but to join with him. There’s ample evidence that billionaires genuinely, sincerely like Trump’s vision of authoritarian rule by billionaire, and want to do their part to crush dissent and discipline the proles."

This feels like a ✨prime✨ week to close the book on Amazon.