My soul would leave my body if I saw this x.com/Akkivideos/sta…

The core of political fictions, Didion on the DC media-political complex

I wrote about the Sore Winner community, and the conversations they think they can't have. defector.com/cheer-up-aaron…

Private equity firms and large real estate companies are buying up mobile home parks across the country, leading to significant rent increases and complaints of neglect from residents. apnews.com/article/mobile…

The consequences of restricting the Mississippi river are grim: The existing mudscape is sinking. The ocean is rising. Over the past nine decades, more than 5,000 square kilometers of delta land has disappeared. Can people engineer a way out? wired.trib.al/OTUKpcp 📸: Getty

Union membership now higher in Illinois than Michigan dlvr.it/SXTf46

Little overdue *personal news* but I’m the new communications director at AFSCME Council 31. It’s an honor I don’t take lightly to fight for Illinois’ public workers at such a hopeful moment for the labor movement. Long story short, lots of union news incoming

Public support for unions is at its highest point since 1965, with 71% of Americans approving of organized labor. That's only 4% below the all-time high. AFSCME Local 1110 President Chuck Carver discusses why public support rebounded and what's next. wglt.org/local-news/202…

CTA trains are seeing more delays on weekends — and more staff is desperately needed to make it better, employees said. buff.ly/3LdEhkk

Management of Daily Herald is taking money from a right-wing pink-slime propagandist to print and mail its garbage to Illinois residents. This is grossly unethical, erodes the public trust and insults the hardworking journalists on the paper's news side. capitolfax.com/2022/09/20/rep…

Nearly 700 adjunct faculty and lecturers at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago are demanding that the school voluntarily recognize their union, Art Institute of Chicago Workers United. The underpaid and overworked educators sent a message: respect our choice. Read more: afscme31.org/news/art-insti…

📣 BREAKING: Field Museum employees are forming their union, Field Museum Workers United, with AFSCME Council 31! Read their public letter here, then sign the petition to support them at actionnetwork.org/petitions/add-…!

Bobbie Terrell is a mom, a grandma, a Red Cross employee and the proud president of AFSCME Local 2691. She writes that she’s voting YES on the Workers’ Rights Amendment to secure a better future for workers where we all have a voice on the job. pantagraph.com/opinion/column…

Today is the day we make our voices heard. Today is the day we vote YES on the Workers' Rights Amendment at the top of our ballots. Here's what to look for when you head to the voting booth.

AFSCME Council 31 news release: Chicago city employees push Mayor Lightfoot to settle fair contract now #WeMakeChicagoWork #FairContractNow