Economy

These Workers Have a New Demand: Stop Watching Us

These Workers Have a New Demand: Stop Watching Us These Workers Have a New Demand: Stop Watching Us

How workplace surveillance has become a menace to health and safety.

May 27, 2015 / Feature / Jessica Bruder

Want to Cut Welfare? There’s an App for That.

Want to Cut Welfare? There’s an App for That. Want to Cut Welfare? There’s an App for That.

Conservatives explore cutting benefits behind a high-tech facade.

May 27, 2015 / Feature / Virginia Eubanks

‘Tech’ Is Political—How We Respond to It Needs to Be Just as Political

‘Tech’ Is Political—How We Respond to It Needs to Be Just as Political ‘Tech’ Is Political—How We Respond to It Needs to Be Just as Political

New technologies will not solve our problems: People acting collectively will.

May 27, 2015 / Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor

Bernie Sanders to Billionaires: ‘You Can’t Have It All!’

Bernie Sanders to Billionaires: ‘You Can’t Have It All!’ Bernie Sanders to Billionaires: ‘You Can’t Have It All!’

Renewing a politics of fierce opposition to "financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering."

May 27, 2015 / John Nichols

Why a Democratic Insurgency Is ‘Whupping’ Obama on Trade

Why a Democratic Insurgency Is ‘Whupping’ Obama on Trade Why a Democratic Insurgency Is ‘Whupping’ Obama on Trade

His progressive critics have been studying trade deals for two decades—and they know what they’re talking about.

May 27, 2015 / John Nichols

This Will Make You Think Twice About Downing That Pint of Ben & Jerry’s in One Sitting

This Will Make You Think Twice About Downing That Pint of Ben & Jerry’s in One Sitting This Will Make You Think Twice About Downing That Pint of Ben & Jerry’s in One Sitting

The socially-minded brand has ignored the demands of migrant workers in its supply chain.

May 27, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Why the Philippines’ Deadly Factory Fire Will Not Be the Last

Why the Philippines’ Deadly Factory Fire Will Not Be the Last Why the Philippines’ Deadly Factory Fire Will Not Be the Last

The fatal fire at a Philippines shoe factory exposes the ills of global free trade.

May 26, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Hold Bankers Accountable for Their Crimes

Hold Bankers Accountable for Their Crimes Hold Bankers Accountable for Their Crimes

Our justice system fails when it doesn’t hold bankers accountable for their fraudulent and criminal actions.

May 26, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

LA’s Minimum Wage Workers Just Won $15 an Hour—How Many Will Actually Be Paid That?

LA’s Minimum Wage Workers Just Won $15 an Hour—How Many Will Actually Be Paid That? LA’s Minimum Wage Workers Just Won $15 an Hour—How Many Will Actually Be Paid That?

Los Angeles wage increase has huge implications for the city’s workers and the nationwide Fight for 15 movement.

May 22, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Two Years After Rana Plaza, Are Bangladesh’s Workers Still at Risk?

Two Years After Rana Plaza, Are Bangladesh’s Workers Still at Risk? Two Years After Rana Plaza, Are Bangladesh’s Workers Still at Risk?

Labor standards are improving in this impoverished country, but workers must have a voice if these changes are to be sustainable.

May 22, 2015 / Amy Yee

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