Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it's a workers' party now.

The MoJo Daily newsletter, Monday through Friday. [View in browser]( [Support our nonprofit journalism]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter](     August 30, 2024 Summer's end is upon us, and I am once again, as I have every year since young adolescence, reeling. The New York Times calls this particular anxiety the "[September Scaries](." For me, it's always been something of an acute melancholy, a pang of sadness that packs in so much of the existential: transition, the inexorable march of time, anguish over what never got accomplished. So today, on this very sleepy Friday before Labor Day, I'm wondering how we can ease into fall, a time of cold responsibility and that awful feeling that you've got to get your shambled life in control—or else. A big part of the solution feels like it rests on our labor. You know, making it so that your job doesn't have you in a chokehold day in and out. Here at Mother Jones, where our bread and butter is the labor beat, we've got a slew of reporting and terrific essays on this very issue: [improving working conditions](; [the power of unions](; the politics of a [true workers' party](; making work suck just a tiny bit less. Not so that every day feels like a vacation, but so that the daily lives of Americans, where so many of us feel the pressures of the grind while never feeling like we're doing enough, can just be lighter. —Inae Oh Advertisement [House Donations Ad]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [Can American Labor Seize the Moment?]( Unions are popular but facing decades of decline. We asked photographers to document this unique moment for the American worker. BY HAMILTON NOLAN MOTHER JONES MEMBERSHIP UPDATE   THROW US A BONE? It’s the dog days of summer—that time of year when fundraising slows way down but expenses keep piling up as fast as ever. Our newsroom has a lot of hard, consequential work to do in the next few months, and that’s why we need your support right now. It’s simple: without it, we can’t do our job. [Every dollar you chip]( in will help us produce the journalism that is needed at this crucial moment. [Donate Now]( [Trending] [Federal court: TikTok may be liable for a 10-year-old's death]( BY ABBY VESOULIS   [The two states where the GOP is taking on ableist language]( BY JULIA MÉTRAUX   [These school buses no longer belch pollution. They also give the grid a break.]( BY MATT SIMON   Advertisement [House Subscriptions Ad]( [Special Feature] [Special Feature]( [How Stokely Carmichael inspired the creation of C-SPAN]( A Black Power radical, a Navy veteran, and the story behind the most boring channel on television. BY EAMON WHALEN Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Donate Monthly]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755