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The first Pride was a riot
In the early morning of June 28, 1969, the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village became one of those hallowed grounds in the history of popular struggle. It’s where New York’s queer community finally had enough and fought back. Decades of harassment, abuse, assault, and arrest by the NYPD laid the kindling, and that night at […]
- By : Rob Warzyniak
- June 10, 2026
Trump administration killed criminal investigation of GOP senator’s coal companies
Trump administration officials earlier this year killed a federal criminal investigation into the coal empire owned by Sen. Jim Justice, a Republican from West Virginia and a close ally of the president’s. The investigation examined potential criminal violations of the Clean Water Act by the multistate mining operations largely run by Justice’s son, Jay, according […]
- By : Molly Redden And Avi Asher-Schapiro
- June 10, 2026
NewsGuild President Schleuss: Media consolidation threatens democracy
MINNEAPOLIS—Intense pressure from the Trump administration and consolidation of mass media ownership into “four or five” newspaper chains—as some owners, in pursuit of profits and permissions, play along with Trump—poses a big threat to independent news in the U.S., NewsGuild President Jon Schleuss says. In an exclusive interview with People’s World, Schleuss, whose rapidly growing […]
- By : Mark Gruenberg
- June 10, 2026
AFL-CIO demands path to citizenship for undocumented people
MINNEAPOLIS—The AFL-CIO has again strongly endorsed a path to citizenship for undocumented people. Repeating a stand it took more than 13 years ago, the federation’s convention delegates, meeting in Minneapolis on June 8, also declared, as one Steelworker said, “When we come together to protect immigrants, it needs to happen all over the U.S.” Discussion […]
- By : Mark Gruenberg
- June 10, 2026
‘Make art, not AI weapons’: Ohio unites against autonomous weapons factory
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Artists, activists, and community members gathered amongst the post-industrial landscape of the Milo-Grogan neighborhood on Sunday to protest against the building of an enormous AI weapons manufacturing plant in Columbus. The AI industry, the latest sink for capital investment at the expense of working-class interests, is coming to central Ohio in a big way. […]
- By : David Hill
- June 10, 2026
‘Stop! That! Train!’ review: Much-needed comic relief as LGBTQ hate escalates
A “pressure valve” is what director Adam Shankman called his new film, Stop! That! Train!, at a recent preview screening. The Hairspray filmmaker, without getting into specifics, said the movie wasn’t about escapism or turning a blind eye to the world’s troubles but rather a way to give viewers a moment of levity from the […]
- By : Chauncey K. Robinson
- June 10, 2026
Michigan nurses push back on Henry Ford Health union-busting tactics
DETROIT—On West Grand Boulevard, two hospitals sit side by side, both owned by the Henry Ford Health system. The newly constructed facility, nearing a price tag of $3 billion, towers over the old. It’s a picture Henry Ford Health would like to use as a symbol of progress and a future of high-tech, high-profit medicine. […]
- By : Luis Martinez And Cameron Harrison
- June 9, 2026
‘Cassatt’ play review: Must-see with themes of feminism and women-led art
Playwright/director Arden Teresa Lewis’ outstanding Cassatt is simply a must-see for theatergoers enraptured by plays regarding artists, feminism, period pieces, art history, and more. Lewis’ bioplay dramatizes the life and career of the eponymous painter in a multimedia production that cleverly and creatively brings Mary Cassatt’s artwork and single-minded, resolute pursuit of her painterly avocation […]
- By : Ed Rampell
- June 9, 2026
Unions to mobilize army of 22,500 election workers by July 3
MINNEAPOLIS—The AFL-CIO has set a target of 22,500 people by July 3, eight times that number by Labor Day, and even more after that, to pound the pavements for pro-worker candidates and issues this fall. The federation’s convention delegates, meeting on June 8 in Minneapolis, approved the mobilization plan President Liz Shuler announced. The mobilization […]
- By : Mark Gruenberg
- June 9, 2026
United Auto Workers announce choice for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat: Abdul El-Sayed
DETROIT—In a major announcement last Friday, the United Auto Workers has endorsed Dr. Abdul El-Sayed for the open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan. The UAW’s member-elected political action arm, the Community Action Program, known as the CAP Council, released a statement laying out the group’s reasons for backing El-Sayed. “UAW members in Michigan want a […]
- By : Steve Noffke And C.J. Atkins
- June 9, 2026