In These Times

Coal mining is already one of the most dangerous jobs in the country. Now, the Trump administration has taken aim at a little-known federal agency that helps enforce miners’ safety rights.

The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission lost 16 workers and its Pittsburgh office in one day. Kim Kelly reports advocates fear the cuts could be a preview of deeper attacks on mine safety enforcement.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/trump-coal-miners-doge-fmshrc

“No church is sacred enough, no hospital is critical enough, no school is precious enough to stop the persecution of our neighbors,” writes Congresswoman Delia Ramirez.

In this essay, she calls for an independent prosecutor to investigate alleged crimes by federal agents during Operation Midway Blitz—and warns that “the erosion of the rule of law” is on the line.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/ramirez-delia-ice-special-prosecutor-midway-blitz

In Baltimore, Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse grew out of the anarchist infoshop tradition and now serves as a hub for social justice movements, mutual aid, books, food and political programming.

In Chicago, Pilsen Community Books makes space for organizing meetings, teach-ins and community events in a neighborhood where working-class and immigrant communities are often pushed out of commercial and civic space.

Co-op bookstores may not topple Amazon. But they prove culture can be more than corporate mush.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/cooperative-bookstores-big-idea-collective-sustainability