Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
How it inspires the struggle for workers’ rights.
Oct 10, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sean Doolittle, Baseball’s Left-Wing Lefty, Retires Sean Doolittle, Baseball’s Left-Wing Lefty, Retires
How the Nationals’ star reliever became the conscience of baseball.
Oct 6, 2023 / Peter Dreier
“Your Body Suffers”: The Unremarkable Pain of an Auto-Assembly-Line Worker “Your Body Suffers”: The Unremarkable Pain of an Auto-Assembly-Line Worker
Vehicle-manufacturing jobs grind down workers’ bodies. Is it time for a 32-hour week?
Oct 2, 2023 / Sarah Lazare
Why the Mainstream Media Loved Trump’s Fake Pro-Workers Rally Why the Mainstream Media Loved Trump’s Fake Pro-Workers Rally
A combination of horse race journalism and anti-union bias led to absurd reporting.
Sep 29, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Trump Just Showed How Little He Actually Cares About the Working Class Trump Just Showed How Little He Actually Cares About the Working Class
The former president traveled to a non-union plant in Michigan to tell autoworkers that their struggle for fair wages and a better future was essentially worthless.
Sep 28, 2023 / John Nichols
What’s at Stake in the UAW Strike What’s at Stake in the UAW Strike
With so much riding on the outcome, it's time for labor and its supporters—from the White House to the grass roots—to play for keeps.
Sep 28, 2023 / Jane McAlevey for The Nation
My President Joined a Picket Line My President Joined a Picket Line
No matter what you think of Joe Biden, his decision to stand with UAW workers is historic. And it might just get him reelected.
Sep 27, 2023 / John Nichols
Las Vegas Hospitality Workers Have an Ace Up Their Sleeve Las Vegas Hospitality Workers Have an Ace Up Their Sleeve
The image of the city as an adult playground has often meant extreme and erratic change for hotels, casinos, and restaurants. The Culinary Union has had enough.
Sep 27, 2023 / Nicholas Russell
Automakers Don’t Need to Choose Between Labor and Climate Automakers Don’t Need to Choose Between Labor and Climate
Corporations say they can’t meet the UAW’s demands while also transitioning to electric vehicles. The truth is they just need to fork over the money.
Sep 27, 2023 / Lucy Dean Stockton
Will the UAW Picket Trump’s Rally in Detroit? Will the UAW Picket Trump’s Rally in Detroit?
Trump’s speeches are terrifying echoes of those heard in Europe in the 1930s. They are appeals to labor by a candidate supported by heavily armed, fascist political formations.
Sep 25, 2023 / Dave Zirin