The Unmaking of American Work The Unmaking of American Work
More than any technology, what the gig-economy companies share is the strategy of shifting costs to workers.
Mar 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Malcolm Harris
Move Fast and Build Solidarity Move Fast and Build Solidarity
Activism at Google and Amazon paid off. But can the emerging “tech left” forge long-term alliances between janitors, drivers, and engineers?
Mar 6, 2019 / Feature / Avi Asher-Schapiro
Sherrod Brown Talks About Populism, Work, Health Care, War… and 2020 Sherrod Brown Talks About Populism, Work, Health Care, War… and 2020
He’s repeatedly won elections as a pro-labor, anti-war advocate for civil rights and civil liberties in Ohio, where Democrats have increasingly failed. Could he win the presidency?
Mar 6, 2019 / Feature / John Nichols
How Mumbai’s Sanitation Workers Won Their Rights How Mumbai’s Sanitation Workers Won Their Rights
This union movement used both legal strategies and confrontational methods to successfully organize Dalit workers.
Mar 5, 2019 / Sujatha Fernandes
Place Publique: The ‘Orphans’ of the French Left Place Publique: The ‘Orphans’ of the French Left
A new direct democracy movement hopes to reconstitute France’s left parties around a European Green New Deal—but voters are still skeptical.
Feb 26, 2019 / Colin Kinniburgh
Denver Students Take the Lead as Teachers Strike Denver Students Take the Lead as Teachers Strike
Working-class students of color are mobilizing to support their striking teachers and against privatizing district leaders.
Feb 12, 2019 / StudentNation / Eric Blanc
What Rydell High School Can Teach Us about the LA Teachers Strike What Rydell High School Can Teach Us about the LA Teachers Strike
As teachers in Denver and Oakland head toward their own strikes, it’s worth doubling down on the lessons from LA.
Feb 7, 2019 / Cities Rising / Sarah Jaffe
Trump’s Record-Breaking Shutdown Was Possible Only Because America Doesn’t Protect Working People Trump’s Record-Breaking Shutdown Was Possible Only Because America Doesn’t Protect Working People
In other countries, locking out hundreds of thousands of public servants would lead to strikes. But not here.
Feb 6, 2019 / Joshua Holland
Will Foxconn Steal Wisconsin’s Intellectual Property? Will Foxconn Steal Wisconsin’s Intellectual Property?
Fuzzy contracts and poor transparency could let the company exploit researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Feb 5, 2019 / Nick Bowlin
Economic Nationalism Is Suicide Economic Nationalism Is Suicide
Our inability to think globally pushes us further into a world of growing jingoism and martial confrontation.
Feb 5, 2019 / Jamie Merchant