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On International Workers’ Day, we take a look at the state of workers’ rights and freedoms in India, where pressure on fuel supplies from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has deepened the cost-of-living crisis and labor unrest is on the rise. In mid-April, tens of thousands of workers from the industrial hubs around New Delhi blocked roads to demand a fair wage and better working conditions. “Various governments in India and the central government have been trying to dilute labor laws,” says Neha Dixit, an investigative journalist and author based in New Delhi. “And there have been constant protests and strikes against this.” Dixit’s new book is The Many Lives of Syeda X: A People’s History of Invisible India.

Harris joins Mixed Signals to break down how he went from selling his own plasma to running a YouTube channel with over 7 million subscribers

<strong>Cultural Reset:</strong> The difference between an audiophile bootlegging a show on cassette and a girl capturing a song on her phone by the barricade is mostly aesthetic, mostly about what the person recording looks like from the outside.

As workers around the world rally to mark May Day, International Workers’ Day, we speak with organizers in Los Angeles and Chicago. The May Day Strong coalition here in the United States says 3,000 protests and events are scheduled across the country with organizers calling for “no school, no work, no shopping.” The largest May Day protest in Los Angeles is planned at MacArthur Park. Pedro Trujillo, the coordinator of the Los Angeles May Day Coalition, says the July presence of immigration agents with SWAT gear and armored vehicles in MacArthur Park laid the foundation for a high May Day turnout. “That’s why we see such a strong coalition coming together, over 120 organizations and unions here in Los Angeles endorsing this march. We haven’t seen this level of support, of engagement, in a very long time,” says Trujillo. “We are creating a coalition to resist the tyranny of billionaires in this moment,” adds Stacy Davis Gates, president of the Chicago Teachers Union and president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers. “Billionaires put a president in place to dismantle democracy, a right-wing Congress to watch it and a right-wing Supreme Court to block us from doing anything about it.”

As US gas prices climb, politicians are looking at ways to lower them. An economist breaks down what does − and doesn’t − move the number on the sign at the gas station.

Everyone likes being told they’re clever, even if it’s coming from an AI chatbot. But their sycophancy has serious consequences for truth and trust.

A bronze statue of Tubman is set to be installed outside Philadelphia’s City Hall in late 2026.

The US and UK both face a housing crisis. But while US policy has stalled, the UK has just enacted major protections for renters.