Samantha Borek

2 weeks ago | truthout.org | Sasha Abramsky |Samantha Borek

Trump Is Trying to Axe Collective Bargaining for 1 Million Federal Employees If Trump’s order withstands the legal challenges against it, two-thirds of the federal workforce will lose union rights.

2 weeks ago | truthout.org | Eleanor Bader |Samantha Borek

Kelly Smith, a 57-year-old New York City resident, is part of the Nonviolent Medicaid Army (NVMA), a growing national movement of poor people who are organizing to stop proposed cuts to Medicaid and promote health care as a human right. “The need for health care unites us all,” Smith told Truthout. “Right now, I’m terrified of losing Medicaid and being unable to get injections for pain control.

2 weeks ago | truthout.org | Mike Ludwig |Samantha Borek

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown will soon leave more than 500,000 Haitian refugees vulnerable to deportation back to a country facing a spiraling political and security crisis as armed gangs and police continue to fight for control of the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s embattled capital city. Both Haiti’s national police and a United Nations-backed security force have been unable to subdue an ongoing insurgency led by various armed groups in Haiti.

Jan 1, 2025 | truthout.org | Samantha Borek

In an attempt to ground myself at the turn of the year, I recently attended two webinars hosted by abolitionist organizer Mariame Kaba. A common thread through both talks was the need for the left — or lefts, as Kaba astutely observes — to abandon purity and embrace difference; to ground ourselves in common purpose to meet what comes ahead. In an increasingly divided world, our consumption of media is politicized in a way that distracts us from forming real world bonds with each other.

May 31, 2024 | reckon.news | Annabel Rocha |Angelica Jade Bastién |Samantha Borek

A necessary read for the girls, gays and theys and our allies as we navigate a rapidly changing, culturally fraught, complicated country where our bodies are constantly being legislated.