My Best Friend Lost His Life to the Gig Economy My Best Friend Lost His Life to the Gig Economy
Pablo Avendano was a food-delivery courier struggling to make ends meet. Then he was killed delivering an order.
Jul 10, 2018 / George Ciccariello-Maher
How Tipping Shortchanges Workers How Tipping Shortchanges Workers
In most US states, tipped employees are guaranteed only a small fraction of the federal minimum wage.
Jul 6, 2018 / Bryce Covert
Ed Schultz Respected the Wisdom of Working-Class People Ed Schultz Respected the Wisdom of Working-Class People
The veteran broadcaster, who has died at age 64, gave the microphone to Americans who are rarely asked their opinions.
Jul 5, 2018 / John Nichols
For 60 Years, This Powerful Conservative Group Has Worked to Crush Labor For 60 Years, This Powerful Conservative Group Has Worked to Crush Labor
Now the Janus decision has helped push the National Right to Work Committee and its sister organizations closer to that goal.
Jul 5, 2018 / Investigation / Moshe Z. Marvit
How We Can Block Trump’s Supreme Court Pick How We Can Block Trump’s Supreme Court Pick
John Nichols on political strategy, plus Thomas Frank on Trump’s supporters, and David Graeber on Bullshit Jobs.
Jul 5, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Will Red-State Protests Spark Electoral Change? Will Red-State Protests Spark Electoral Change?
After nearly a decade of Republican anti-tax “experiments,” voters appear fed up with being the guinea pigs.
Jul 5, 2018 / Feature / Bryce Covert
The Supreme Court’s Five ‘Black-Robed Rulers’ The Supreme Court’s Five ‘Black-Robed Rulers’
In a time of deep polarization, the lawless majority of the Court has chosen to side with the powerful few against the vast majority.
Jul 3, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
New York Wants to Bar Streetcart Vendors From the World Trade Center Site New York Wants to Bar Streetcart Vendors From the World Trade Center Site
Citing security concerns, a bill before the City Council would push vendors—most of them Muslim—out of the area they depend on for their livelihood.
Jul 3, 2018 / Michelle Chen
Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to ICE by Canceling Their Contracts With the Agency Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to ICE by Canceling Their Contracts With the Agency
Dispatches from the Urban Resistance, June 2018: From Austin to Toledo and beyond.
Jul 2, 2018 / Sophie Kasakove
Will ‘Janus’ Prove to Be the Fatal Blow That Unions Have Long Feared? Will ‘Janus’ Prove to Be the Fatal Blow That Unions Have Long Feared?
Or will it inspire the kind of militant unionism that could still resurrect the labor movement?
Jun 27, 2018 / Gabriel Winant