Baseball’s Stadium Workers Are Getting Peanuts From the Billionaire Owners Baseball’s Stadium Workers Are Getting Peanuts From the Billionaire Owners
When baseball shut down, 39,000 stadium workers lost their jobs, and the MLB has done little to help them out.
Jul 20, 2020 / Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
There Are Literally No Good Options for Educating Our Kids This Fall There Are Literally No Good Options for Educating Our Kids This Fall
But the real scandal is that we shouldn’t be in this position in the first place.
Jul 16, 2020 / StudentNation / Elie Mystal
The Coronavirus Pushes State Budgets to the Brink The Coronavirus Pushes State Budgets to the Brink
Cuts will fall the hardest on those who have been on the front lines of the crisis.
Jul 10, 2020 / Bryce Covert
Why Has Society Failed to Integrate Grief Into Public Life? Why Has Society Failed to Integrate Grief Into Public Life?
We talked to Rachel Kauder Nalebuff about the politics of care, mourning, and her new book, Stages: On Dying, Working, and Feeling.
Disaster Looms as the Coronavirus Disrupts the Garment Supply Chain Disaster Looms as the Coronavirus Disrupts the Garment Supply Chain
Fashion brands are sticking suppliers and workers with unpaid bills.
Jul 7, 2020 / Michelle Chen
Online Learning Isn’t Even Remotely Equal Online Learning Isn’t Even Remotely Equal
We can’t just ignore it: Not every student has access to the same resources. But they should.
Jul 1, 2020 / Mary Retta
How Amazon Used the Pandemic to Amass More Monopoly Power How Amazon Used the Pandemic to Amass More Monopoly Power
When Congress finally forces Jeff Bezos to testify, they should ask him why Amazon put market dominance ahead of customer satisfaction.
Jun 26, 2020 / Ron Knox and Shaoul Sussman
LGBTQI Rights Are Human Rights LGBTQI Rights Are Human Rights
The Supreme Court ruled a landmark civil rights law protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination.
Jun 25, 2020 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Bangladesh’s Garment Workers Are Being Treated as Disposable Bangladesh’s Garment Workers Are Being Treated as Disposable
The Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the severe vulnerability of the workers whose labor stocks the shelves of international brands.
Jun 22, 2020 / Photo Essay / Taslima Akhter, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation