José Luis Hernandez Ayala, as a union activist, never shies from defending those who are wronged. He has jumped into action against the atrocities perpetrated on the Palestinian people. As he says, we cannot remain indifferent; how can anyone with an ounce of humanity be indifferent?
What do DC comics and the Bible have in common? That’s a question that only someone like artist Einnar Gaviño would think to ask! A cultural critic, we asked for his take on two summer blockbuster movies, Superman: The Movie and The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
So many Mexicans have spent years living and working in both Mexico and the US. Mexican Congresswoman Roselia Suárez is one of these — her feet are wide apart, one in Michoacan, one in Chicago, and like others, she wants no country to force her to choose one or the other.
Caught up in this wave of arrests, migrant farmworker organizer Lelo Juarez knew that once detained, his only options were deportation — or deportation. If deported by ICE, he might end up in Uganda...
Under current US policy, an estimated third of workers from other countries working in the US are deemed “criminals” and therefore subject to arrest, indeterminate detention and deportation. How did we get to this point?
Previously, production workers have almost exclusively held the structural power in organized labor. That’s changed — capital accumulation requires logistics workers to complete its cycle: warehouse workers, truck drivers, delivery drivers.
Biden’s appointees to the Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board were exceptionally aggressive in defending workers’ rights. One appointee in particular was Thea Lee, the head of the International Labor Affairs Bureau.
How did she go from a Border Patrol agent moving up the promotional ladder to a fearless immigrant rights activist? She tells you in this week’s interview.
