The Higher-Education Crisis Is a Labor Crisis The Higher-Education Crisis Is a Labor Crisis
A unionization drive at Vanderbilt University shows how austerity in higher education is hurting educators and students.
May 9, 2017 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen
How to Join the ‘Day Without Immigrants’ on May Day How to Join the ‘Day Without Immigrants’ on May Day
A coalition led by immigrants and workers is aiming to mark this year’s May Day with the biggest workers strike and mobilization in over a decade.
Apr 28, 2017 / Ariana Rosas Cárdenas
Professors and University Staff Call For Campuses to Shut Down on May Day Professors and University Staff Call For Campuses to Shut Down on May Day
Students, staff, faculty, and administrators are asking the university community to take action in solidarity with A Day Without Immigrants.
Apr 27, 2017 / StudentNation / NationAction
How To Win a Sports Strike How To Win a Sports Strike
The Women’s Hockey Strike, the Oakland Raiders move, and Frank Martin.
Apr 4, 2017 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
The NCAA’s Collegiate Cartel The NCAA’s Collegiate Cartel
Why I think the NCAA has more in common with the mob than higher ed.
Apr 3, 2017 / Dave Zirin
Victory! USA Women’s Hockey Team Just Won Their Strike Victory! USA Women’s Hockey Team Just Won Their Strike
These women have shown female athletes as well as the labor movement what winning looks like.
Mar 29, 2017 / Dave Zirin
Students and Farmworkers Are Teaming Up to Boot Wendy’s Off Their Campuses Students and Farmworkers Are Teaming Up to Boot Wendy’s Off Their Campuses
The effort is part of a national campaign to pressure Wendy’s to improve their labor practices.
Mar 29, 2017 / StudentNation / Molly Minta
The US Women’s Ice Hockey Team Is on Strike—and the Solidarity Is Stunning The US Women’s Ice Hockey Team Is on Strike—and the Solidarity Is Stunning
The effort to find “replacement players” is backfiring.
Mar 28, 2017 / Dave Zirin
NCAA Players Should Strike at the Final Four NCAA Players Should Strike at the Final Four
They have the power to force a change, but only if they refuse to be pawns in someone else’s game.
Mar 21, 2017 / Dave Zirin and Etan Thomas
Here’s Why the US Women’s National Hockey Team Is Going on Strike Here’s Why the US Women’s National Hockey Team Is Going on Strike
This is “a fight they don’t want, but must have.”
Mar 16, 2017 / Dave Zirin