The Teamsters Win, but Hollywood Continues to Strike The Teamsters Win, but Hollywood Continues to Strike
Podcast / Start Making Sense / Jul 27, 2023 The Teamsters Win, but Hollywood Continues to Strike On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, John Nichols reports on th…
Jul 27, 2023 / Podcast
Texas Is Trying to Brutalize Its Workers—and Greg Casar Is Fighting Back Texas Is Trying to Brutalize Its Workers—and Greg Casar Is Fighting Back
The congressman led a “thirst strike” on the steps of the Capitol to protest a law barring Texas cities from giving their workers water breaks.
Jul 27, 2023 / John Nichols
Time to Stop Running Time to Stop Running
NFL running backs are in the same fight as all laborers: the struggle to be treated as humans, not “cattle.”
Jul 26, 2023 / Dave Zirin
Chicago’s Labor Movement Is Looking Very Queer These Days Chicago’s Labor Movement Is Looking Very Queer These Days
Queer people across the Windy City are unionizing and demanding better rights at work.
Jul 26, 2023 / Adam M. Rhodes
Free School Lunches Kept Millions of Kids Fed During the Pandemic. Why Stop Now? Free School Lunches Kept Millions of Kids Fed During the Pandemic. Why Stop Now?
In North Carolina, the ending of the Covid-era federal meals program devastated low-income communities–and legislators have been slow to face the crisis.
Jul 26, 2023 / StudentNation / Peggy Chen
SAG-AFTRA Can Agree on One Thing: It’s Time to Crush the Big Studios SAG-AFTRA Can Agree on One Thing: It’s Time to Crush the Big Studios
How do you bring a woefully divided union together? You go on strike.
Jul 26, 2023 / Piper French
While the Planet Burns: Billionaires Are Busy Hunkering Down for the Apocalypse While the Planet Burns: Billionaires Are Busy Hunkering Down for the Apocalypse
In a world hurtling towards catastrophe, the super-rich prefer bunkers to solutions.
Jul 24, 2023 / Jeet Heer
“Bidenomics” vs. “Reaganomics” “Bidenomics” vs. “Reaganomics”
What will it take for Biden’s economic agenda to transform the political landscape the way to Reagan’s did?
Jul 21, 2023 / Mike Konczal
Hollywood’s Robot Overlords Hollywood’s Robot Overlords
The tech-driven takeover of the film industry aims at squeezing maximum profit out of art, draining it of all its humanity in the process.
Jul 21, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky