California Workers Are Standing Up to the Fast-Food Industry’s Attacks on Their Rights California Workers Are Standing Up to the Fast-Food Industry’s Attacks on Their Rights
A decade-long organizing fight shows its power.
Dec 12, 2022 / Michael Tubbs
Fast Food Runs in My Family Fast Food Runs in My Family
Me, my mother, and 10 years of the Fight for $15.
Nov 30, 2022 / Vanessa Ogle
Barbara Ehrenreich, a Writer for Change Barbara Ehrenreich, a Writer for Change
The author and activist, who died last week, documented with prescience and empathy the lives of people who are overlooked by society.
Sep 6, 2022 / Editorial / Katha Pollitt
Fair Wages for Fast Food Fair Wages for Fast Food
California's FAST Act could establish a bill of rights for fast food service workers. The industry is trying to stop it.
Sep 1, 2022 / Left Coast / Sasha Abramsky
West Hollywood Just Won the Highest Minimum Wage in the Country West Hollywood Just Won the Highest Minimum Wage in the Country
The ordinance could—and should—serve as a template for wage protections and working conditions for low-wage workers across the country.
Nov 12, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky
Reset Labor Markets With a Local Half-Time Job Guarantee Reset Labor Markets With a Local Half-Time Job Guarantee
The attacks on pandemic income support and the Refundable Child Tax Credit highlight the need for work guarantees.
Sep 21, 2021 / Column / Nathan Newman
Fighting Inequality After Occupy Wall Street Fighting Inequality After Occupy Wall Street
Policies to address America’s enormous wealth disparities are now on the political map in a way they weren’t before Occupy Wall Street.
Sep 20, 2021 / Feature / Bryce Covert
How Kyrsten Sinema Sold Out How Kyrsten Sinema Sold Out
The origin story of the Senate’s newest super villain.
Mar 22, 2021 / 2021 Year in Review / Aída Chávez
Now Is the Time to Restore the Power of Labor Now Is the Time to Restore the Power of Labor
Strengthening unions would play a critical part in tackling our country’s staggering inequality.
Mar 9, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Democrats Refusing to Fight for $15 Are the Best Allies Republicans Have Democrats Refusing to Fight for $15 Are the Best Allies Republicans Have
When eight members of the Senate Democratic Caucus blocked a wage hike, they endangered Democratic prospects in 2022.
Mar 9, 2021 / John Nichols