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Fruit Does Not Pack Itself: A Look Into Migrant Women’s Labor

A migrant woman worker shares her experience of the conditions that capitalism creates for women on both sides of the border—and why unity of the working class is imperative.

Rosario Cuevas

November 15, 2018

CUNY Union Delegate Assembly Supports Migrant Caravan, Demands Asylum for Refugees

PSC CUNY represents more than 25,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York. Delegate members also donated more than $600 dollars for aid to the caravan in Mexico.

Left Voice

November 13, 2018

Who Is Beto O’Rourke?

Robert “Beto” O’Rourke is quickly becoming a household name after coming within three percentage points of ruining Ted Cruz’s reelection in Texas. It is hard to overstate the enthusiasm O’Rourke’s campaign generated statewide and nationally. His record-breaking fundraising reached over $40 million, while he nominally refused corporate cash, and he received a series of high-profile celebrity endorsements, including from Beyoncé and LeBron James.

Renato Flores

November 12, 2018

U.N. Denies Buses for Migrant Caravan

The UN refused to provide buses for the migrant caravan to reach the US border.

Left Voice

November 10, 2018

Faulty Machines, Long Lines and Voter ID Laws: The Midterms

While voter suppression received notable attention in the months before the midterms, problems at voting stations on Election Day presented new obstacles for voters around the country.

Mira Craig-Morse

November 8, 2018

One Hundred Migrants Go Missing, Presumed Kidnapped

Their whereabouts remain unknown since they boarded two trucks under the alleged organization of armed men on Saturday, November 3.

Five Takeaways from the Midterm Elections

Democrats handily took control of the House, but a few key defeats tainted the election results. The great protagonist: women of color.

Juan Cruz Ferre

November 7, 2018

Democrats Were Not “the Lesser Evil” for the Migrant Caravan

In these midterm elections, many progressives argued that we should vote the lesser evil, or vote for "harm reduction" by casting our ballots for the Democratic Party. But, the Democratic Party has not been the lesser evil for those Central American migrants currently making their way to the US border.

Tatiana Cozzarelli

November 7, 2018

NYC: Refugee Caravan Solidarity Rally

On Saturday afternoon, about a hundred people gathered in New York City's Union Square to express solidarity with the migrant caravan walking towards the US's southern border.

Left Voice

November 6, 2018