How Women Are Shaping the Labor Movement and Winning Big How Women Are Shaping the Labor Movement and Winning Big
And interview with Journalist Sheila Bapat on how domestic workers—mostly immigrant women and women of color—are winning labor protections nationwide.
Jun 12, 2014 / Dani McClain
Could China’s Labor Unrest Spark Another Tiananmen Moment? Could China’s Labor Unrest Spark Another Tiananmen Moment?
China has changed a lot in twenty-five years, but there are still valuable lessons to be learned from the Tiananmen protesters.
Jun 9, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Pricing Radicals Out of New York Pricing Radicals Out of New York
The Brecht Forum, a storied radical institution, has lost its lease.
May 21, 2014 / Abbie Nehring
More Local Law Enforcement Officials Are Refusing to Comply With Obama’s Deportation Policies More Local Law Enforcement Officials Are Refusing to Comply With Obama’s Deportation Policies
Counties and cities are posing a challenge to the Obama administration, whose immigration enforcement mechanisms lean heavily on the partnership between federal and local agents.
May 2, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s What John Steinbeck Would Have Thought of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s What John Steinbeck Would Have Thought of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
For seventy-five years, industry has tried to paint organized workers as "red agitators."
May 1, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Look Who the Folks Who Took Down ACORN Are Targeting Now Look Who the Folks Who Took Down ACORN Are Targeting Now
Right-wing operatives with links to big retailers going after worker centers like the Restaurant Opportunities Center.
Federal Court Strikes Down Discriminatory Wisconsin Voter ID Law Federal Court Strikes Down Discriminatory Wisconsin Voter ID Law
The same day Donald Sterling is banned from the NBA, a judge finds Wisconsin’s voter ID law discriminates against black and Hispanic voters.
Apr 29, 2014 / Ari Berman
There Is No Such Thing As a ‘Typical’ Low-Wage Worker There Is No Such Thing As a ‘Typical’ Low-Wage Worker
With the Senate preparing to hold a procedural vote as early as Wednesday on a proposal to increase the federal minimum wage, it’s worth considering what’s at stake in ...
Apr 29, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
On Cliven Bundy’s ‘Ancestral Rights’ On Cliven Bundy’s ‘Ancestral Rights’
If the Nevada rancher is forced to pay taxes or grazing fees, he should pay them to the Shoshone.
Apr 29, 2014 / Jacqueline Keeler
Justice Sotomayor Speaks Truth to (White) Power Justice Sotomayor Speaks Truth to (White) Power
The Justice’s dissent in the Michigan college admissions case identified an enduring element of white supremacy clinging to our democracy.
Apr 29, 2014 / William Greider