Working Conditions

Washington’s Struggling Medical Residents Need a Raise

Washington’s Struggling Medical Residents Need a Raise Washington’s Struggling Medical Residents Need a Raise

How bullying, depression, debt, and 90-hour weeks pushed members of the University of Washington Housestaff Association to walk out of the job. 

Oct 9, 2019 / Jennifer Bernstein

A Tool to Improve Baseball Performance Has Become a Weapon Against the Players

A Tool to Improve Baseball Performance Has Become a Weapon Against the Players A Tool to Improve Baseball Performance Has Become a Weapon Against the Players

How baseball’s numbers game threatens to strangle the sport.

Oct 8, 2019 / Feature / Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier

a promo for Fox News hosts including Tucker Carlson on the News Corporation building in New York

Against the Pundits’ Class Against the Pundits’ Class

In the media imaginary, working-class people are reduced to stereotypes, while actual workers go unheard. But some of them talk back.

Oct 4, 2019 / Maximillian Alvarez

Amitav Ghosh

Beneath Amitav Ghosh’s Gentle Tone Smolders a Polemical Fire Beneath Amitav Ghosh’s Gentle Tone Smolders a Polemical Fire

The author of Gun Island derides the liberal moralizing of the refugee crisis.

Oct 4, 2019 / Kanishk Tharoor

Trump Is Revving Up the Attack on Workers’ Rights

Trump Is Revving Up the Attack on Workers’ Rights Trump Is Revving Up the Attack on Workers’ Rights

This faux populist is all about enriching corporations and the wealthy at the expense of workers and consumers—but labor is fighting back, and union popularity is at near-record hi...

Sep 24, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky

UAW Strike

The Path to Climate Justice Runs Through the UAW Strike The Path to Climate Justice Runs Through the UAW Strike

During Climate Week, why not show we can have economic and environmental justice?

Sep 23, 2019 / Jane McAlevey

Union members picket outside a General Motors facility in Langhorne, Pa., Monday, Sept. 16, 2019. More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike.)

Striking GM Workers Deserve Our Support Striking GM Workers Deserve Our Support

Despite the many obstacles and tarnished national UAW leadership, everyone needs the workers in this strike to win.

Sep 16, 2019 / Jane McAlevey

The Meritocracy Is Making Us Miserable

The Meritocracy Is Making Us Miserable The Meritocracy Is Making Us Miserable

Daniel Markovits explains to The Nation how elite education is destroying the middle class and exacerbating inequality.

Sep 12, 2019 / Q&A / Christopher Shay

When Are Gratuities Gratuitous?

When Are Gratuities Gratuitous? When Are Gratuities Gratuitous?

Another reader asks how to deal with her racist classmates in a largely white high school.

Sep 6, 2019 / Liza Featherstone

Take Action Now: Support Workers After Labor Day

Take Action Now: Support Workers After Labor Day Take Action Now: Support Workers After Labor Day

Lend your voice to the struggles of home care workers and food-service workers, then respond to the Odessa shooting.

Sep 4, 2019 / NationAction

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