By Lee Saunders Fifty-four years ago today, two Memphis sanitation workers, Robert Walker and Echol Cole, were crushed to death when the gears on their truck malfunctioned. The workers’ repeated warnings about old and dangerous equipment had been ignored by the city. In response, Walker and Cole’s co-workers –1,300 African…

By Elissa McBride Striketober and Strikesgiving are over, but worker strikes are still going strong. As I write this, Kellogg’s workers are holding the line in Michigan, Nebraska, Pennsylvania and Memphis. Alabama miners are heading into their ninth month of standing up to Warrior Met Coal. …

By Lee Saunders This Labor Day, working people — especially those who dedicate their careers to public service — deserve recognition, respect and gratitude. This once-in-a-lifetime public health emergency has demanded more of us than ever, and we have delivered, often under life-or-death conditions. In challenging moments like this, the…

By Lee Saunders This Father’s Day is a special one, as our country emerges from the worst of the pandemic, allowing many extended families to come together once again in person. A lot of thought goes into what to get dad for Father’s Day. But nothing I ever gave my…

By Lee Saunders and Miren Algorri We have some monumental “firsts” to celebrate this Women’s History Month. Sarah McBride, a new state senator from Delaware, is the highest-ranking openly transgender elected official in American history. Kim Ng of the Miami Marlins broke a glass ceiling in becoming Major League Baseball’s…

By Lee Saunders and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II You cannot add jobs by subtracting jobs. That is the simple truth behind desperately needed aid for states, cities, towns and schools. Over the last year, some 1.3 million public service jobs, many of them held by African Americans —…

By Lee Saunders As I watched the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, I couldn’t help but recall Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s …

By Lee Saunders There is only one choice for working people in this year’s presidential election. The Trump economy may be going gangbusters for those with big stock portfolios. …

By Lee Saunders For Tina Suckow, helping people who are struggling with mental illness is a calling. She always wanted to be a nurse, and while she understood that her job at Iowa’s Independence Mental Health Institute could be dangerous, nothing could have prepared her for what happened on Oct…