Economics

UFCW Worker Striking

Workers Are Paying the Price for Kroger’s Profits Workers Are Paying the Price for Kroger’s Profits

A survey of 10,000 grocery-store employees lays out the job’s human cost.

Jan 14, 2022 / Kim Kelly

Dakota Access Pipeline Protest

It’s Time to Hold Law Firms Accountable for Their Role in Climate Change It’s Time to Hold Law Firms Accountable for Their Role in Climate Change

Students are boycotting Gibson Dunn for representing the corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, undermining the Indian Child Welfare Act, and more.

Jan 12, 2022 / StudentNation / Leehi Yona and David Cremins

The Indomitable Rev. Addie L. Wyatt

The Indomitable Rev. Addie L. Wyatt The Indomitable Rev. Addie L. Wyatt

The trailblazing Black labor leader and civil rights activist took her fight for equality from the packinghouse to the pulpit.

Jan 11, 2022 / Kim Kelly

US-virus-HEALTH-vaccines

The Front Lines of Omicron The Front Lines of Omicron

With the pandemic returning to a state of emergency, we need to finally fix what was already broken in our society.

Jan 10, 2022 / Adam Gaffney

The Revolution Against Low-Wage Work

The Revolution Against Low-Wage Work The Revolution Against Low-Wage Work

Workers used the additional resources of the past year to demand better pay and conditions.

Jan 7, 2022 / Mike Konczal

Chilean President-elect Gabriel Boric

Chile’s “New Left” Brings Hope Chile’s “New Left” Brings Hope

With capital already taking flight and the rise of the far right, Gabriel Boric’s administration isn’t in for an easy ride.

Jan 7, 2022 / Franck Gaudichaud

Striking Coal Miners

Why Alabama Coal Miners Are Still on Strike Why Alabama Coal Miners Are Still on Strike

Greg Pilkerton has been fighting for better pay and working conditions for 10 months. He explains why he and his union comrades aren’t giving up.

Jan 7, 2022 / Kim Kelly

Randall Kennedy Says It Loud

Randall Kennedy Says It Loud Randall Kennedy Says It Loud

A conversation with the Harvard law professor about his new essay collection, the state or racial politics, campus activism, and much more.

Jan 6, 2022 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

Amazon warehouse in Eastvale

Welcoming Our Robot Overlords Welcoming Our Robot Overlords

Corporations like Amazon have lives of their own—and they control ours.

Jan 6, 2022 / Olúfémi O. Táíwò

Advocates Demand Joe Biden Cancel Student Debt

Biden Is Still Refusing to Cancel Student Debt Biden Is Still Refusing to Cancel Student Debt

In spite of his campaign promises to the contrary, the president is dragging his feet on lifting a burden weighing on millions of Americans.

Jan 5, 2022 / Aída Chávez

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