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‘This Is Much Bigger Than Us, Than Our Union, Even Than Our City’

‘This Is Much Bigger Than Us, Than Our Union, Even Than Our City’ ‘This Is Much Bigger Than Us, Than Our Union, Even Than Our City’

How LA’s teachers joined forces with the community and won a landmark labor contract.

Jan 23, 2019 / Sarah Jaffe

Taft-Hartley

Taft-Hartley Taft-Hartley

An image from a section called “Factory Doors: A Brief History” in Frances Jetter’s artist’s book, Amalgam.

Jan 23, 2019 / OppArt / Frances Jetter

China social credit

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of China’s Social-Credit System Discipline and Punish: The Birth of China’s Social-Credit System

In Hangzhou and throughout Shandong province, gold stars and black marks have begun to shape public and private behavior.

Jan 23, 2019 / René Raphael and Ling Xi

Unite Here Strike

Union Benefits Go Far Beyond the Workplace Union Benefits Go Far Beyond the Workplace

Unions also fortify the social safety net and aid communities on the path to self-sufficiency.

Jan 22, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Abortion Rights Activists

How to Protect Yourself When Abortion Is Illegal: A Q&A With Robin Marty How to Protect Yourself When Abortion Is Illegal: A Q&A With Robin Marty

In her new book Handbook for a Post-Roe America, Robin Marty provides a blueprint for accessing reproductive-health care and fighting for your rights in a country where abortion ha...

Jan 22, 2019 / Q&A / Glyn Peterson

Yemen child crying

The Global War on Children The Global War on Children

From north to south, east to west, children around the world are suffering in ever-larger numbers.

Jan 22, 2019 / Karen J. Greenberg

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

The Trump Ride Never Ends The Trump Ride Never Ends

Six new entries into the Political Gallery of Horror.

Jan 22, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Northwestern and Utah Football

Should NCAA Football Have a Union? Should NCAA Football Have a Union?

Former Northwestern QB Kain Colter stops by to talk organizing NCAA athletes.

Jan 22, 2019 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Trump at Hangar Rally

Needed: A Clear Foreign Policy of Progressive Realism Needed: A Clear Foreign Policy of Progressive Realism

Democrats have the opportunity to define this positive policy, not simply react to Trump’s provocations.

Jan 22, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Representative Eliot Engel

Congressman Eliot Engel’s Foreign Policy of Belligerence Congressman Eliot Engel’s Foreign Policy of Belligerence

House Democrats should cut back on the virtue-signaling and instead concentrate their efforts on supporting diplomatic efforts to finally put an end to the crisis in Syria.

Jan 22, 2019 / James Carden

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