Labor Organizing

The Rev. Ryan Brown and Mary “Ma Mary” Hill show their signed union cards on September 2, 2024.

How Amazon Is Taking Its Union-Busting to New Heights How Amazon Is Taking Its Union-Busting to New Heights

Organizers describe fear tactics, amped-up security, and daily town halls as workers vote on whether to unionize.

Feb 13, 2025 / Ella Fanger

Demonstrators protest federal layoffs and demand the termination of Elon Musk from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025.

The Democrats’ Choice: Fight Trump’s Oligarchy or Keep Groveling to Billionaire Donors The Democrats’ Choice: Fight Trump’s Oligarchy or Keep Groveling to Billionaire Donors

Elon Musk’s power grab is finally energizing a resistance. But it’s already being undermined by the party elite’s dependency on Silicon Valley.

Feb 10, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Grassroots action: Our Revolution at the Democratic National Committee leadership election on Saturday.

Defeating the Democratic Party Elites  Is Just the First Step  Defeating the Democratic Party Elites  Is Just the First Step 

The party faces a choice: Will it embrace the grassroots energy behind its newly elected leadership? Or allow Trump and his corporate allies to tighten their grip on the country?

Feb 4, 2025 / Joseph Geevarghese

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during the inaugural parade in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.

Who Will Stop Elon Musk’s Coup? Who Will Stop Elon Musk’s Coup?

The world’s richest man now has the power to override congressional spending decisions and access to private information about every US taxpayer.

Feb 3, 2025 / Jeet Heer

A grid of six photos showing REI worker on strike with signs.

REI Sells the Great Outdoors While Workers Breathe Chemicals in a Windowless Basement REI Sells the Great Outdoors While Workers Breathe Chemicals in a Windowless Basement

Ski shop workers at an REI in New York City went on strike after the company took away their respirators.

Jan 28, 2025 / Kiera Feldman

The Brown Berets, who newly declassified documents reveal were the target of illegal CIA surveillance in the 1960s and ’70s, are still active, as seen here in this 2017 protest against white supremacist activists in San Diego. What we don’t know is whether the CIA has ever really backed off.

The CIA Illegally Spied on Puerto Rican and Mexican American Activists for Decades The CIA Illegally Spied on Puerto Rican and Mexican American Activists for Decades

And is probably still at it. As newly released classified documents confirm activists’ long-held suspicions, the disclosures should also alert us to current dangers.

Jan 16, 2025 / Roberto Lovato

Donald Trump enjoys a good faux-Hellenic column.

Trump Will Not Make Architecture Great Again Trump Will Not Make Architecture Great Again

Last term, his ill-informed embrace of “traditional” aesthetics fanned the flames of the culture wars. This time, he’s poised to do even more damage.

Jan 7, 2025 / Kate Wagner

Elon Musk, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and Vivek Ramaswamy arrive for a meeting on Capitol Hill on December 5, 2024.

In the GOP Civil War Over Immigration, Both Sides Are Racists In the GOP Civil War Over Immigration, Both Sides Are Racists

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy want cheap labor—not a multiracial democracy.

Jan 3, 2025 / Jeet Heer

An inflatable pig stands alongside Amazon workers and union members who picketed outside the DB4 Amazon distribution center in the Queens borough of New York City, on December 20, 2024.

Bernie Sanders: Amazon “Accepts Worker Injuries…as the Cost of Doing Business” Bernie Sanders: Amazon “Accepts Worker Injuries…as the Cost of Doing Business”

Jeff Bezos is pocketing hundreds of billions while Amazon warehouses record injuries at 30 percent above the industry average.

Dec 31, 2024 / John Nichols

Workers in red “Fight for $15” T-shirts standing next to each other with locked arms, in front of a banner reading “Whatever It Takes.”

Why Democrats Are Losing Americans Without a College Degree—and How to Win Them Back Why Democrats Are Losing Americans Without a College Degree—and How to Win Them Back

Voters intuitively know that the economy has not worked well for most of us for decades. Democrats must offer them a transformative vision, and stick to it for as long as it takes...

Dec 12, 2024 / Neil Kraus and Jon Shelton

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