Will LA’s New Mayor Karen Bass Reset the City’s Labor and Housing Markets? Will LA’s New Mayor Karen Bass Reset the City’s Labor and Housing Markets?
Or will her administration stand by as a series of high-profile sporting events turn the city into Doha on the Pacific?
Dec 2, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky
Pandemic Year 3: Who’s Got the Power? Pandemic Year 3: Who’s Got the Power?
Has public health failed us? Or have we failed public health?
Dec 1, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves
Senate Democrats Need to Fight Harder Than Marco Rubio for Rail Workers Senate Democrats Need to Fight Harder Than Marco Rubio for Rail Workers
Unless federal intervention to avert a rail strike includes a guarantee of paid sick leave for rail workers, it shouldn’t be approved.
Nov 30, 2022 / John Nichols
FDR Served Up a Critique of Capitalism With His Thanksgiving Proclamations FDR Served Up a Critique of Capitalism With His Thanksgiving Proclamations
The 32nd president regularly decried “greed and selfishness and striving for undue riches.”
Nov 24, 2022 / John Nichols
Labor’s Winning Weapon Labor’s Winning Weapon
Two Canadian unions show why the supermajority strike is the key to worker power.
Nov 22, 2022 / Jane McAlevey
What, Her Worry? Iowa’s Kim Reynolds Is Running a Dishonest and Nasty Campaign What, Her Worry? Iowa’s Kim Reynolds Is Running a Dishonest and Nasty Campaign
But the Republican governor’s punch-down politics are no bar to reelection.
Nov 7, 2022 / Dave Leshtz
Get Ready for the Coming Impeachment of Joe Biden Get Ready for the Coming Impeachment of Joe Biden
The GOP is ready to again beclown American democracy
Nov 4, 2022 / Jeet Heer
The Fed’s Ruinous Course The Fed’s Ruinous Course
It’s kneecapping workers to prove its credibility with Wall Street.
Oct 31, 2022 / Robert L. Borosage
How to Talk About Public Safety How to Talk About Public Safety
It’s not an either/or proposition.
Oct 31, 2022 / Svante Myrick
Good News Alert: Democrats Might Actually Flip the Michigan Legislature Good News Alert: Democrats Might Actually Flip the Michigan Legislature
What’s their secret sauce? Support for public education.
Oct 28, 2022 / Jennifer C. Berkshire