Staughton Lynd Never Lost the Courage of His Convictions

The historian and activist, who died last month, paid a steep price for his commitments. Yet he managed to find a way to keep agitating, and keep writing, while always remaining true to his radical vision.

Joshua Freeman

After ‘Harris v. Quinn’: The State of Our Unions

After one of Supreme Court’s most anti-union rulings in recent years, is there still time for organized labor to save itself?

Eileen Boris, Jennifer Klein, Joel Rogers, Joshua Freeman and Jane McAlevey

What Happened to Working-Class New York?

As images of wealth abound, the struggles of ordinary workers have become invisible.

Joshua Freeman

Locking Down an American Workforce

Prison labor as the past—and future—of American “free-market” capitalism.

Steve Fraser and Joshua Freeman

Uncle Sam Does(n’t) Want You

From the first jobless Americans through the Great Depression to the Great Recession of the present moment, the reserve army of labor marches through time.

Steve Fraser and Joshua Freeman

Remembering the Triangle Fire

After 100 years, the tragedy still inspires outrage and grief. Why does it have a hold on us?

Joshua Freeman

Social Unionism Lives

Garment workers at a suburban Chicago factory fight to save their jobs and prove that social unionism is still relevant.

Joshua Freeman

A Fight for the Future

New York City transit workers, now back on the job after a two-day strike, are fighting for the rights of future workers and against the lie that abstract, neutral economic necessity, not the ideas and interests of the rich and powerful, are driving the demolition of what remains of social solidarity.

Joshua Freeman

Working-Class Heroes

Joshua Freeman