Labor

Amazon

Is This the Turning Point in the Fight Against Amazon? Is This the Turning Point in the Fight Against Amazon?

New fronts against the mega-retailers brutal business practices are opening up all the time.

Dec 21, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Hungary Slave Law Protests

Hungary’s ‘Slave Law’ Has Sparked Nationwide Protests Hungary’s ‘Slave Law’ Has Sparked Nationwide Protests

New legislation allows businesses to impose a massive amount of overtime on workers—and citizens are furious.

Dec 21, 2018 / Jordan Stancil

The Battle Over NAFTA 2.0 Has Just Begun

The Battle Over NAFTA 2.0 Has Just Begun The Battle Over NAFTA 2.0 Has Just Begun

Progressives must fight strategically to improve it—if they don’t, the consequences could be devastating.

Dec 21, 2018 / Feature / Lori Wallach

Santa Fe College

Who’s Leading the Next Unionization Charge? That’s Right: Florida. Who’s Leading the Next Unionization Charge? That’s Right: Florida.

The Service Employees International Union is poised to represent half of all adjunct faculty in the “right to work” state’s public-school system.

Dec 20, 2018 / StudentNation / Jake Bittle

What’s It Like to Work at Amazon?

What’s It Like to Work at Amazon? What’s It Like to Work at Amazon?

Heike Geissler’s Seasonal Associate offers an unsparing portrait of a German Amazon warehouse.

Dec 20, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Alex Press

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Why the Time Has Come for a Green New Deal Why the Time Has Come for a Green New Deal

It’s smart politics and smart policy—and it’s enormously popular with the public.

Dec 18, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Victorina Morales

Trump’s Housekeeper Airs His Dirty Laundry Trump’s Housekeeper Airs His Dirty Laundry

In public, politicians demonize immigrants. In private, they exploit them for personal gain.

Dec 13, 2018 / Column / Laila Lalami

Who’s Afraid of a Sex Workers’ Union?

Who’s Afraid of a Sex Workers’ Union? Who’s Afraid of a Sex Workers’ Union?

A movement for sex workers’ rights is gaining momentum in Spain—but it’s facing opposition from the national government and some feminists.

Dec 13, 2018 / Feature / Meaghan Beatley

A protester waves a French flag during clashes with police at a demonstration by the

The Anger of the ‘Gilets Jaunes’ The Anger of the ‘Gilets Jaunes’

France’s unfair taxes have driven the Yellow Vest protest movement.

Dec 11, 2018 / Alexis Spire

Sanders Institute Gathering

The Ideas Primary The Ideas Primary

US presidential contests may seem never-ending, but if the debate is about policy—instead of personality—is that such a bad thing?

Dec 10, 2018 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage

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