A Faster Path to Collective Bargaining: Majority Sign-Up A Faster Path to Collective Bargaining: Majority Sign-Up
Though approval of unions is at historically high levels, membership remains low. One way to change that is to make it easier for workers to form a union—and to start bargaining.
Oct 17, 2024 / Rand Wilson and Peter Olney
Telling the Amazon Labor Union’s Story Telling the Amazon Labor Union’s Story
Union, a new documentary about organizing at a Staten Island Amazon warehouse, grapples with what it means to tell an underdog story without a satisfying ending.
Oct 17, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Ella Fanger
“It Was Like Hell on Earth”: Scenes From a Night of Horror in Gaza “It Was Like Hell on Earth”: Scenes From a Night of Horror in Gaza
A devastating Israeli attack has left both the living and the dead unrecognizable.
Oct 16, 2024 / Mohammed R. Mhawish
Hitting the Tipping Point Hitting the Tipping Point
The planet is showing us that it can’t be business as usual.
Oct 16, 2024 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
No Matter What, Palestinians Will Never Give Up No Matter What, Palestinians Will Never Give Up
The last year has shown that our love of life, and our fight for our freedom, will never be extinguished.
Oct 16, 2024 / Ahmad Ibsais
The Story of the Hurricanes The Story of the Hurricanes
How Floridians struggled through the successive traumas of Helene and Milton
Oct 16, 2024 / Jeb Lund
Black Men Will Vote for Harris—White Men Are the Problem Black Men Will Vote for Harris—White Men Are the Problem
Why is the media talking so much about the fraction of Black men who might go MAGA when more than 60 percent of white men will vote for Trump?
Oct 16, 2024 / Elie Mystal
Recipe for a Harris Win: More Obama, Less Cheney Recipe for a Harris Win: More Obama, Less Cheney
Embracing right-wing Republicans won’t excite undecided voters. Associating with a popular Democrat who understands battleground states like Wisconsin will.
Oct 16, 2024 / John Nichols
Grad Students Are Unionizing in Droves. Can Postdocs Lead the Next Wave? Grad Students Are Unionizing in Droves. Can Postdocs Lead the Next Wave?
Postdoctoral fellows are vital to universities—running labs, training students, and writing grants—while being overworked and lacking adequate job protections.
Oct 16, 2024 / StudentNation / Marie-Rose Sheinerman
The Crisis in the Care Economy The Crisis in the Care Economy
How was care commodified? And what has that meant for an undervalued but increasingly important workforce.
Oct 16, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Maia Silber