The Postal Service Is Breaking Down The Postal Service Is Breaking Down
Covid-19 has already begun to take its toll on the overextended USPS workforce.
Mar 27, 2020 / Jake Bittle
If Sanitation Workers Don’t Work, Nothing Works If Sanitation Workers Don’t Work, Nothing Works
Meet the men and women risking illness to keep New York’s streets clean.
Mar 27, 2020 / Ross Barkan
‘Horror Story After Horror Story’: A Frontline Nurse Discusses the Crisis ‘Horror Story After Horror Story’: A Frontline Nurse Discusses the Crisis
Zenei Cortez, a nurse and union leader, says not giving medical workers protective gear is like giving a firefighter a squirt gun.
Mar 26, 2020 / Q&A / Sarah Jaffe
Thomas Piketty: Confronting Our Long History of Massive Inequality Thomas Piketty: Confronting Our Long History of Massive Inequality
We talked to the French economist about his new book Capital and Ideology, his thoughts on Covid-19, and more.
Mar 26, 2020 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
‘Just Keep Up the Faith’: Workers Are Stepping Up to Beat the Coronavirus ‘Just Keep Up the Faith’: Workers Are Stepping Up to Beat the Coronavirus
From hospital wards to bus routes to a ventilator plant in Wisconsin, working-class Americans are giving their all.
Mar 26, 2020 / John Nichols
If the UK Can Protect Workers From Covid-19 Layoffs, Why Not the US? If the UK Can Protect Workers From Covid-19 Layoffs, Why Not the US?
House members Rosa DeLauro and Mark Pocan have a plan to keep Americans working.
Mar 21, 2020 / John Nichols
Amid a Pandemic, Target Employees Work in Fear Amid a Pandemic, Target Employees Work in Fear
Target and many other big retailers have yet to provide paid sick leave, endangering workers and customers.
Mar 19, 2020 / P.E. Moskowitz
As Low-Income Workers Lose Hours and Jobs, Pressure Mounts to Halt Evictions As Low-Income Workers Lose Hours and Jobs, Pressure Mounts to Halt Evictions
The United States already had an affordable housing crisis before the pandemic hit. Now many more are at risk of homelessness.
Mar 19, 2020 / Bryce Covert
The Coronavirus Doesn’t Have to Disrupt Our Elections The Coronavirus Doesn’t Have to Disrupt Our Elections
We have ways to keep voters safe. Now we just need to use them.
Mar 19, 2020 / John Nichols
The Mobilization That Must Start Now The Mobilization That Must Start Now
With the coronavirus bearing down on our economy, we must deploy all our resources now to survive—so that one day we may thrive.
Mar 18, 2020 / Feature / James K. Galbraith