Trump Can Always Find Someone Worse Trump Can Always Find Someone Worse
To replace a disgraced secretary of labor, Trump has elevated a sweatshop lobbyist.
Jul 15, 2019 / Jeet Heer
6 Years After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Are Garment Workers Any Safer? 6 Years After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Are Garment Workers Any Safer?
Despite major advancements in accountability, workers across the Global South are still struggling to gain real power in the workplace.
Jul 15, 2019 / Michelle Chen
Unions Are Finally Learning to Love the Green New Deal Unions Are Finally Learning to Love the Green New Deal
A blue-green coalition between organized labor and climate activists is no longer a pipe dream.
Jul 12, 2019 / Bob Massie
There Are Too Few Companies and Their Profits Are Too High There Are Too Few Companies and Their Profits Are Too High
As industries get more concentrated, businesses have to do less to earn more.
Jul 12, 2019 / Mike Konczal
What Happened When the EU Moved Its Fight to Stop Migration to Niger What Happened When the EU Moved Its Fight to Stop Migration to Niger
Overnight, an EU-backed law criminalized the main source of income in the city of Agadez. It didn’t stop migration, but it wrecked the economy.
Jul 5, 2019 / Rémi Carayol
VIDEO: A General Strike Is Possible, but We Have to Work for It VIDEO: A General Strike Is Possible, but We Have to Work for It
Jane McAlevey, The Nation’s strikes correspondent, explains how strikes will be vital in confronting runaway income inequality and the climate crisis.
Jul 3, 2019 / The Nation
Democratic Candidates Are Ignoring One of the Year’s Biggest Labor Disputes Democratic Candidates Are Ignoring One of the Year’s Biggest Labor Disputes
Their hunger for Hollywood money is leading them to duck the important fight between the Writers Guild of America and the Association of Talent Agents.
Jul 3, 2019 / Keli Goff
Wayfair Workers Walk Out Wayfair Workers Walk Out
Their action showed how workers can wield their collective power to fight injustice outside of the workplace itself.
Jun 28, 2019 / Natalie Shure
It’s 2019: Why Do LGBTQ Americans Still Lack Basic Civil Rights Protections? It’s 2019: Why Do LGBTQ Americans Still Lack Basic Civil Rights Protections?
As we celebrate Stonewall’s 50th anniversary, it’s time to pass the Equality Act and make anti-LGBTQ discrimination illegal.
Jun 26, 2019 / Senator Tammy Baldwin
The Seasons After the Arab Spring The Seasons After the Arab Spring
Recent uprisings in Sudan and Algeria have avoided mistakes of 2011.
Jun 25, 2019 / Gilbert Achcar