Exploiting Prison Workers for Cheap Sheets Exploiting Prison Workers for Cheap Sheets
Research by advocates documents harsh conditions and unfair practices for incarcerated workers throughout the US prison system.
Mar 10, 2023 / Michelle Chen
The Case Against Privatizing Social Security The Case Against Privatizing Social Security
For the New Deal’s 90th birthday, let’s deliver a cake, not a hand grenade.
Mar 4, 2023 / Henry Scott Wallace, June Hopkins, Tomlin Perkins Coggeshall, Harold M. Ickes, and James Roosevelt Jr.
Seattle’s Working People Won the Nation’s First Ban on Caste Discrimination Seattle’s Working People Won the Nation’s First Ban on Caste Discrimination
Many South Asians who have immigrated to the United States have been unable to leave caste-based discrimination behind. A new local law aims to change that reality.
Feb 27, 2023 / Kshama Sawant
Why the Warrior Met Strike Is Ending Why the Warrior Met Strike Is Ending
After 23 months, the union tells more than 1,000 coal miners in Alabama it’s time to head back to work—without the contract they want.
Feb 20, 2023 / Kim Kelly
The Tradeoffs in the Fight Against Inflation The Tradeoffs in the Fight Against Inflation
Living with inflation of a little over 2 percent for a short period would be worth it to keep the gains in the economy.
Feb 20, 2023 / Mike Konczal
Inside the Campaign to Unionize the University of Oregon Inside the Campaign to Unionize the University of Oregon
If the Oregon workers are successful, they believe they will be the nation’s largest undergraduate student union at a public university.
Feb 10, 2023 / StudentNation / Porter Wheeler
If You Want to Hear the Future of Democratic Politics, Listen to Delia Ramirez If You Want to Hear the Future of Democratic Politics, Listen to Delia Ramirez
The Illinois Representative will give a response to President Biden’s State of the Union address, offering a bold vision for a future that uplifts working-class voters.
Feb 7, 2023 / John Nichols
Biden, Go Bold in the State of the Union Biden, Go Bold in the State of the Union
What he needs to say.
Feb 6, 2023 / Robert L. Borosage
Will New Leadership Make the UAW Labor’s Vanguard Once Again? Will New Leadership Make the UAW Labor’s Vanguard Once Again?
In the wake of a corruption scandal, the autoworkers' union leadership faces the first contested election in over three-quarters of a century. But the old guard won't go without a ...
Feb 2, 2023 / Nelson Lichtenstein
Britain’s Winter of Discontent Britain’s Winter of Discontent
If unions here are weaker and smaller than in Margaret Thatcher’s day, their strikes are also far more popular.
Jan 31, 2023 / Gary Younge