People Are Panicking About the Stock Market—but It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way People Are Panicking About the Stock Market—but It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way
Remember pensions?
Feb 6, 2018 / Helaine Olen
Millennials Are Keeping Unions Alive Millennials Are Keeping Unions Alive
Jobs are precarious, health-care costs are skyrocketing, and wages aren’t keeping up with the cost of living—no wonder young people are organizing.
Feb 5, 2018 / Michelle Chen
White Anti-Racism Must Be Based in Solidarity, Not Altruism White Anti-Racism Must Be Based in Solidarity, Not Altruism
Altruism is too often carried along by the currents of racist capitalism.
Feb 5, 2018 / Jesse A. Myerson
Hot Protest in an Ice-Cold Super Bowl City Hot Protest in an Ice-Cold Super Bowl City
Local organizers are using old-fashioned solidarity to combat the corporate prom that is Super Bowl week in the Twin Cities.
Feb 1, 2018 / Dave Zirin
On Tuesday Night, Trump Will Double Down on His Broken Promises On Tuesday Night, Trump Will Double Down on His Broken Promises
Trump’s victories have not been victories for the American people he claimed to represent.
Jan 30, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
White-Collar Unionization Is Good for All Workers White-Collar Unionization Is Good for All Workers
Some have argued that it creates a class divide in labor—they’ve got it backward.
Jan 29, 2018 / Alex Press
Why Democrats Need to Stand With Working Americans vs. Big Banks Why Democrats Need to Stand With Working Americans vs. Big Banks
Democrats should stop supporting a bill that would loosen the reins on Wall Street.
Jan 23, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How the Right’s War on Unions Is Killing the Democratic Party How the Right’s War on Unions Is Killing the Democratic Party
“Right-to-work” laws have a measurable effect on voting patterns.
Jan 22, 2018 / Sean McElwee
Paul Booth—Fighter, Strategist, and Visionary Labor Leader Paul Booth—Fighter, Strategist, and Visionary Labor Leader
Not everyone who emerged from the white-hot heat of the ’60s was able to survive. Paul Booth did much more than that.
Jan 19, 2018 / Lived History / Si Kahn
Home-Care Workers Clocking 24-Hour Shifts Are Being Paid for Only 13 Hours Home-Care Workers Clocking 24-Hour Shifts Are Being Paid for Only 13 Hours
A New York State rule is standing in the way of home-care workers’ earning their rightful pay, and care recipients’ getting the attention they deserve.
Jan 19, 2018 / Michelle Chen