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What if Workers Owned Their Workplaces? What if Workers Owned Their Workplaces?

The cooperative movement is showing that worker-owned businesses can not only survive, but thrive.

Mar 8, 2019 / Michelle Chen

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What to Celebrate—and Mourn—This International Women’s Day What to Celebrate—and Mourn—This International Women’s Day

Over the last year, women’s rights took one step back, and two steps forward.

Mar 8, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Governor Who Beat Scott Walker Is Ready to Overturn Walker’s Anti-Labor Agenda

The Governor Who Beat Scott Walker Is Ready to Overturn Walker’s Anti-Labor Agenda The Governor Who Beat Scott Walker Is Ready to Overturn Walker’s Anti-Labor Agenda

Wisconsin’s Tony Evers moves to upend his predecessor’s “right to work” law and other anti-union, anti-worker provisions.

Mar 7, 2019 / John Nichols

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Does the NBA Have a Mental-Health Crisis on Its Hands? Does the NBA Have a Mental-Health Crisis on Its Hands?

Depression and anxiety among players is not something to scoff at or shame. It’s an objective fact, and a real product of their jobs.

Mar 7, 2019 / Dave Zirin

How Does Losing Medicaid Help You Get a Job?

How Does Losing Medicaid Help You Get a Job? How Does Losing Medicaid Help You Get a Job?

Arkansas is the first state in the nation to impose a work requirement on people receiving Medicaid. The results have been disastrous.

Mar 7, 2019 / Feature / Bryce Covert

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Letters From the March 25, 2019, Issue Letters From the March 25, 2019, Issue

The Dangers of Amnesia In his cover story “Who Is Matt Duss and Can He Take On ‘The Blob’?” [Feb. 25/March 4], David Klion misleadingly describes Barack Obama’s adviser Ben Rhodes…

Mar 7, 2019 / Our Readers

The Unmaking of American Work

The Unmaking of American Work The Unmaking of American Work

More than any technology, what the gig-economy companies share is the strategy of shifting costs to workers.

Mar 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Malcolm Harris

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Bill McKibben: From Coal and Gas to Wind and Sun Bill McKibben: From Coal and Gas to Wind and Sun

Plus Maia Szalavitz on the opioid epidemic and Sean Wilentz on impeachment.

Mar 7, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Move Fast and Build Solidarity

Move Fast and Build Solidarity Move Fast and Build Solidarity

Activism at Google and Amazon paid off. But can the emerging “tech left” forge long-term alliances between janitors, drivers, and engineers?

Mar 6, 2019 / Feature / Avi Asher-Schapiro

Sherrod Brown Talks About Populism, Work, Health Care, War… and 2020

Sherrod Brown Talks About Populism, Work, Health Care, War… and 2020 Sherrod Brown Talks About Populism, Work, Health Care, War… and 2020

He’s repeatedly won elections as a pro-labor, anti-war advocate for civil rights and civil liberties in Ohio, where Democrats have increasingly failed. Could he win the presidency?

Mar 6, 2019 / Feature / John Nichols

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