Tag: United States
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What the panic over Gen Z’s reading habits gets wrong
In 2025, Gen Zers visited bookstores and public libraries more than they did in 2022. About 36% of Gen Zers said they found a book through a librarian, up from 15% in 2022. We also asked about their experiences of loneliness, with 85% saying they wanted to find another place to relax outside their home.…
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Most American workers are checked out, and like ‘The Office,’ their bosses are the last to know
Determining whether an employee is engaged boils down to a single question: Does the work matter to the person doing it? Engaged employees are invested in the outcome of their work. Disengaged ones have stopped caring.
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Trump’s repression of dissent is backfiring
As I’ve written before, resistance to an authoritarian regime is measured by greater unity, greater nonviolent discipline in the face of violence, greater numbers and greater ability to provoke defections. So how are we doing? Allow me to skip around with a few thoughts.
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10 reasons to resist “AI”
if the slog toward an AI dystopia is halted or even slowed, Big Tech’s investments could spectacularly backfire, forcing companies to fold. It’s time to go all-in on AI resistance.
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The ripple effects of organizing against data centers
Monterey Park residents were successful in their opposition: At that meeting, the City Council passed a moratorium on data centers. In March, the council approved a ballot measure to ban them completely. Later that spring, the developer withdrew its proposal.
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Traumatic toll of betrayal may help explain why women kept silent for decades after abuse by Cesar Chavez
Among the women who disclosed abuse by Chavez, Dolores Huerta described seeing him “as my boss, as my hero, as, you know, somebody that would do the impossible.” Debra Rojas said, “I had love for him … He did his grooming very well.” When perpetrators abuse those who trust and depend on them, the betrayal…
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What’s it going to take to get to mass strikes?
A strike led by activists can look energetic and inspiring, but it will rarely be durable. A strike led by leaders is slower to launch, harder to coordinate, and far more powerful because it rests on deeper relationships and trusts.
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Police States Are Terrifying, But They Are Brittle. I Witnessed This in Tunisia.
Before the fall of President Ben Ali, people in Tunisia faced a situation even more difficult than the conditions that have descended on the U.S. today. For this reason, engaging with the history of the uprising that occurred 15 years ago in Tunisia can be a beckoning whisper in U.S. ears conveying how quickly things…
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Consumer Protection Workers Survived DOGE Attacks through Quick Mobilization
We knew the DOGE playbook and the importance of rapid mobilization. Within 24 hours of Musk’s tweet, union members were picketing in front of CFPB headquarters and alerting the public to the risk that DOGE would mishandle or misuse sensitive consumer and industry data maintained by the CFPB. We educated ourselves about our rights and obligations if given an illegal order from a…
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Giving a voice to the Venezuelan people
Admin’s note: This article is from 2019, nearly 7 years ago. The situation has changed in many ways, but much also remains the same, hence the republication. María Corina Machado now heads the US-backed neoliberal opposition, although she is far from the most popular opposition figure in Venezuela, even on the right. The stance of…
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