Labor

Dead Teachers Can’t Teach

Dead Teachers Can’t Teach Dead Teachers Can’t Teach

As a new Covid-19 variant takes hold, Tennessee lawmakers are trying to force teachers and students back into the classroom.

Jan 29, 2021 / StudentNation / Luis Feliz Leon

VIDEO Robert Reich Sets Expectations for the Biden Administration

VIDEO Robert Reich Sets Expectations for the Biden Administration VIDEO Robert Reich Sets Expectations for the Biden Administration

To see more Nation Festival events like this one with former labor secretary in the Clinton administration Robert Reich, get special discounted access to the festival video archive…

Jan 29, 2021 / The Nation

It’s the Economic Precarity, Stupid

It’s the Economic Precarity, Stupid It’s the Economic Precarity, Stupid

Economic inequality is a symptom of a broader problem that, if left unaddressed, will trigger more radicalization.

Jan 28, 2021 / Albena Azmanova and Marshall Auerback

The Trump Administration Gutted the EEOC

The Trump Administration Gutted the EEOC The Trump Administration Gutted the EEOC

An inside account of how Janet Dhillon has hollowed out America’s only workplace civil rights watchdog.

Jan 28, 2021 / Feature / Bryce Covert

Blood on the Tea Leaves: Kenyan Workers Demand Reparations From Unilever

Blood on the Tea Leaves: Kenyan Workers Demand Reparations From Unilever Blood on the Tea Leaves: Kenyan Workers Demand Reparations From Unilever

Tea pluckers say the household-goods giant failed to protect them from brutal and foreseeable attacks.

Jan 27, 2021 / Feature / Maria Hengeveld

Student Organizing May Never Be the Same Again

Student Organizing May Never Be the Same Again Student Organizing May Never Be the Same Again

Covid-19 has upended some of the most essential tactics for student organizers. That might be a good thing.

Jan 26, 2021 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

Hunts Point Strike

The Hunts Point Strike Is Just the Beginning The Hunts Point Strike Is Just the Beginning

Given the compounding injustices of the Covid-19 era, workers’ demands are resonating across the country.

Jan 25, 2021 / Chris Gelardi

Back When

Back When Back When

Feels like a million years ago.

Jan 23, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

AOC Was Where a Democrat Needed to Be on Inaugural Night: Walking a Picket Line

AOC Was Where a Democrat Needed to Be on Inaugural Night: Walking a Picket Line AOC Was Where a Democrat Needed to Be on Inaugural Night: Walking a Picket Line

There is a long history of Democratic officials joining picket lines when it is convenient for them. There’s a shorter history of them showing up for striking workers when it is ur…

Jan 22, 2021 / John Nichols

Poison Soup

Poison Soup Poison Soup

America is left with a taste of fascism.

Jan 22, 2021 / OppArt / J.T. Williamson

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