Labor

Bernie Sanders speaking with his hands clasped in front of his face.

The Democrats’ Working-Class Deficit The Democrats’ Working-Class Deficit

Why is the party of working people in danger of becoming the party of upscale voters? Don’t blame the left.

Aug 5, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and The Nation

A 3D generated image of a DNA spiral being attacked by the monkeypox virus.

Monkeypox Makes It 3 Strikes, and Now We’re Out Monkeypox Makes It 3 Strikes, and Now We’re Out

We know what to do. We have the tools. We simply don’t want to do it.

Aug 4, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves

Caldor Fire

This Year, It Was New Mexico’s Turn to Burn This Year, It Was New Mexico’s Turn to Burn

We may have dodged a bullet, but climate change has unlimited ammo.

Jul 29, 2022 / William deBuys

A headshot In These Times editor David Moberg.

David Moberg, 1943–2022 David Moberg, 1943–2022

For over half a century his reports on the labor movement, in The Nation and elsewhere, were a model of activist journalism.

Jul 29, 2022 / Obituary / Peter Dreier

Protesters hold up their fists at a Black Lives Matter march in St Paul, Minnesota.

As the World Burns, Organizers Are Burning Out As the World Burns, Organizers Are Burning Out

A new poll is a devastating critique of the state of organizing.

Jul 28, 2022 / Eoin Higgins

The Best Economists Uber Could Buy

The Best Economists Uber Could Buy The Best Economists Uber Could Buy

Why would some of the world’s leading economists overstate driver incomes?

Jul 22, 2022 / Doug Henwood

AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler speaks at the American Federation of Teachers convention

Why Is This Union Leader Schmoozing With the Enemy? Why Is This Union Leader Schmoozing With the Enemy?

Liz Shuler, the head of the AFL-CIO, thinks it’s OK to open a conference alongside the would-be architects of labor’s destruction.

Jul 20, 2022 / Jonathan Rosenblum

Worker with Wind Turbines

This Doesn’t Have to Hurt: An Argument Against BDSM Economics This Doesn’t Have to Hurt: An Argument Against BDSM Economics

Inflicting pain on workers to fix inflation isn’t just unfair. It’s stupid, ineffective, and completely unnecessary.

Jul 13, 2022 / Zack Exley and Robert Hockett

Unions Protect Democracy. How Do We Protect Unions?

Unions Protect Democracy. How Do We Protect Unions? Unions Protect Democracy. How Do We Protect Unions?

20 global labor leaders weigh in on the myriad ways the right is threatening organizing efforts.

Jul 13, 2022 / Karen Nussbaum

Scans of a darkened lung.

Black Lung Is Still Killing America’s Coal Miners Black Lung Is Still Killing America’s Coal Miners

The Department of Labor unveiled a bold initiative to combat the crisis by curbing exposure to silica.

Jul 7, 2022 / Kim Kelly

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