Folks,  Greetings from Burgh, where I’m back to work after spending the weekend at the excellent 12th Annual Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival. The event was put on by the August Wilson African American Cultural Center, which hosts headline cultural events throughout the year. (Check out their full listings here.

THE RUN, PITTSBURGH – Yesterday, Barb Warwick, a 45-year-old working mother of four and progressive activist, won the Democratic nomination for City Council, most likely assuring her win in the special election come November.  Warwick’s victory is part of a growing progressive insurgency in Pittsburgh that, in recent

Folks,  Greetings from the Burgh, where we have been busily working the phones with union sources to track the latest developments in the potential strike of 90,000 railroad workers.  To find out more, read my latest piece in The American Prospect.  5,000 Machinists Vote Down Railroad’s Latest

Folks,  Greetings from the Burgh, where fundraising for our Brazilian presidential election coverage is off to a great start. So far, we’ve raised $387 today!  Donate to help us cover this crucial fight for Brazil’s democracy and workers’ rights.  Lordstown Battery Workers Vote to Strike By a 94%