Many people may remember the plot of the 2018 film Sorry to Bother You from writer and director Boots Riley. The film follows Cassius, a young Black man in Oakland, California, who picks up a job as a telemarketer in a call center. Cassius is a failure at his new job...
Pakistan is facing an extreme level of rain and floods. Pakistan usually has multiple cycles of monsoon rain, but this year it’s already in its eighth cycle, with another cycle possible in September. Two of the hardest hit provinces have received 400 percent more rain...
August 16, 2022, Editorial of the Workplace Newsletters of the Etincelle fraction of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA), translated from French. Four heat waves in three months. Since the start of the year, uncontrollable mega-fires have already caused the destruction...
Imagine picking up the phone to find that you are being sued by the nursing home where your loved one recently passed away. A father, a brother, an aunt. For many people, nursing homes are the final resting place, along with the last remnants of their pennies. Many of...
In the summer of 2022, we have seen how extreme heat brought on by climate disruption is jeopardizing the health and safety of workers, and even taking their lives. In late June, a 24-year-old UPS truck driver named Esteban Chavez died in his truck while...
