Silicon Valley’s Workplace Problem Silicon Valley’s Workplace Problem
Tech start ups have long thrived on an exceptional view of themselves. But far from being the exception, their companies tend to embody much of what is wrong with our economy. ...
Apr 7, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Clio Chang
Confronting the Pandemic in a Time of Revolt: Voices From Chile Confronting the Pandemic in a Time of Revolt: Voices From Chile
Surviving the coronavirus will be meaningless if Chileans do not simultaneously address the underlying causes of injustice and inequality.
Apr 6, 2020 / Ariel Dorfman
The University of California Strike Enters Its 4th Month The University of California Strike Enters Its 4th Month
Amid the Covid-19 outbreak, graduate student workers’ living conditions are now their working conditions—and more than ever, we need them to be safe.
Apr 6, 2020 / StudentNation / UC Santa Cruz Wildcat Strikers
‘We Will Not Sit Back and Let Transit Workers Be Treated Like Cannon Fodder’ ‘We Will Not Sit Back and Let Transit Workers Be Treated Like Cannon Fodder’
As the death toll mounts, unions representing transit workers in major cities demand protective gear.
Apr 3, 2020 / John Nichols
Your Rent or Your Life Your Rent or Your Life
The pandemic is forcing workers to make impossible choices.
Apr 3, 2020 / Michelle Chen
‘Our Lives Are Worth More Than Packages’ ‘Our Lives Are Worth More Than Packages’
In one Amazon facility, management waited three shifts before telling employees one at a time that a coworker had tested positive for Covid-19.
Apr 2, 2020 / Alan Maass
The Coronavirus Class War Has Already Started The Coronavirus Class War Has Already Started
The combination of plutocratic bailouts and a physically endangered working class is sparking a new blue-collar militancy.
Apr 1, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Working Behind the Scenes in the Pandemic Working Behind the Scenes in the Pandemic
A visual diary of the invisible workforce keeping our economy moving during this crisis.
Mar 30, 2020 / Photo Essay / Peter van Agtmael, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation
The Postal Service Is Breaking Down The Postal Service Is Breaking Down
Covid-19 has already begun to take its toll on the overextended USPS workforce.
Mar 27, 2020 / Jake Bittle
If Sanitation Workers Don’t Work, Nothing Works If Sanitation Workers Don’t Work, Nothing Works
Meet the men and women risking illness to keep New York’s streets clean.
Mar 27, 2020 / Ross Barkan