There Was No Union. There Was No Plan. There Was No Union. There Was No Plan.
A tornado hit an Amazon warehouse in Illinois and killed six workers. Would a union have made a difference?
Dec 28, 2021 / Janice Fine
What Columbia Student Workers Are Asking For What Columbia Student Workers Are Asking For
The university has finally agreed to respond to striking workers’ proposals. Here’s what’s at stake.
Dec 23, 2021 / R.H. Lossin
Pramila Jayapal Is Not Having Any of Your Nonsense Pramila Jayapal Is Not Having Any of Your Nonsense
The progressive leader discusses her last call with Joe Manchin, her frustration with the idea that “the Squad” and Bernie Sanders were right and she was wrong, and her determinati...
Dec 22, 2021 / Joan Walsh
The Lives Hanging in the Balance of Build Back Better The Lives Hanging in the Balance of Build Back Better
As negotiations drag on, the economic security of millions of Americans is at stake. For these four families, the bill would make an enormous difference.
Dec 16, 2021 / Bryce Covert
Striking Kellogg’s Workers Need the PRO Act Striking Kellogg’s Workers Need the PRO Act
The president issued a great statement in support of striking workers who are threatened with replacement. But corporations won’t respect workers’ rights until the Protecting the R...
Dec 15, 2021 / John Nichols
How the Taxi Workers Won How the Taxi Workers Won
The 45 days of fierce protest, shrewd organizing, and ferocious solidarity that ended the debt nightmare that had engulfed the taxi industry.
Dec 13, 2021 / Feature / Molly Crabapple
My Parents Collect Cans for a Living My Parents Collect Cans for a Living
When people ask about my family now, I tell them not with embarrassment or shame but with pride.
Dec 7, 2021 / StudentNation / Jessica Yauri
Standing With Nurses Is a Feminist Project Standing With Nurses Is a Feminist Project
Nurses unions from 28 different countries are taking on governments and Big Pharma with a simple demand: Waive patents on Covid-19 vaccines, and end the pandemic now.
Dec 3, 2021 / Silvia Federici
Do We Really Need a 24-Hour Economy? Do We Really Need a 24-Hour Economy?
Perhaps the pandemic has given us an opportunity to rethink which goods are so “critical” that we’re willing to let other people risk their lives to provide them for us.
Dec 1, 2021 / Rebecca Gordon
Arizona Airport Workers Are Going on Strike Arizona Airport Workers Are Going on Strike
“This company is not respecting us and not respecting our union,” said one long-serving employee.
Nov 19, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky