Google Is Coming for Your Face Google Is Coming for Your Face
Personal data is routinely harvested from the most vulnerable populations, without transparency, regulation, or principles—and this should concern us all.
Oct 14, 2019 / Malka Older
Bond-Rating Agencies Have the Power to Destroy Radical Dreams Bond-Rating Agencies Have the Power to Destroy Radical Dreams
Moody’s threatens Berlin over a progressive housing proposal.
Oct 9, 2019 / Clark Randall
The ‘Sports Illustrated’ Layoffs Are What Happen When We’re Ruled by Vampires The ‘Sports Illustrated’ Layoffs Are What Happen When We’re Ruled by Vampires
A private equity firm bought the esteemed magazine and let go half its employees, turning the invaluable legacy publication into a shell of its former self.
Oct 4, 2019 / Dave Zirin
Against the Pundits’ Class Against the Pundits’ Class
In the media imaginary, working-class people are reduced to stereotypes, while actual workers go unheard. But some of them talk back.
Oct 4, 2019 / Maximillian Alvarez
Trump Is Revving Up the Attack on Workers’ Rights Trump Is Revving Up the Attack on Workers’ Rights
This faux populist is all about enriching corporations and the wealthy at the expense of workers and consumers—but labor is fighting back, and union popularity is at near-record hi...
Sep 24, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky
Biden Might Not Be the One to Beat Trump Biden Might Not Be the One to Beat Trump
As Democratic voters look closer, it’s hard to see Biden as an agent of change.
Sep 24, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Striking GM Workers Deserve Our Support Striking GM Workers Deserve Our Support
Despite the many obstacles and tarnished national UAW leadership, everyone needs the workers in this strike to win.
Sep 16, 2019 / Jane McAlevey
Joe Biden Doesn’t Sound Very Serious About the Climate Crisis Joe Biden Doesn’t Sound Very Serious About the Climate Crisis
CNN’s climate change town hall was a good moment for activists—and a rough one for the Democratic front-runner.
Sep 5, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter
Big Business Is Suddenly Showing a Conscience. But Is That Enough? Big Business Is Suddenly Showing a Conscience. But Is That Enough?
Corporate America is worried. And that alone is a reason to be optimistic.
Aug 27, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Uber and Lyft Hate This Bill Uber and Lyft Hate This Bill
California’s AB5 could radically change the gig economy in the ride-hailing services’ home state.
Aug 2, 2019 / Michelle Chen