Michelle Chen
Contributing Writer
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LaborJune 20, 2014
Will President Obama Use Executive Action to Improve Working Conditions?
A new report suggests the White House could bypass Congress to improve working conditions at workplaces linked to federal programs.
Michelle Chen
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June 18, 2014
‘They Only Value Animals, Not Work’: Lax Labor Regulations for Migrant Cowboys Outlawed
Migrant herders fight for key-labor protections.
Michelle Chen
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CitiesJune 16, 2014
New York City Housing Authority May Be the City’s Worst Landlord
Low-income residents demand accountability from NYCHA.
Michelle Chen
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Education ReformJune 13, 2014
California Just Abolished Due Process for Public School Teachers
Hardline reformers are using Vergara v. State of California to dismantle tenure in other states.
Michelle Chen
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ActivismJune 12, 2014
What if Your Ability to Stay in This Country Depended on Your Employer?
After losing her seasonal position, guestworker Maria Guzman decided to stand up to her former employer.
Michelle Chen
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ActivismJune 9, 2014
Could China’s Labor Unrest Spark Another Tiananmen Moment?
China has changed a lot in twenty-five years, but there are still valuable lessons to be learned from the Tiananmen protesters.
Michelle Chen
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InequalityJune 6, 2014
Temp Nation: How Corporations Are Evading Accountability, at Workers’ Expense
Fixing the regulatory regime for outsourcing requires both new modes enforcement and reforms that target corporations’ systematic evasion tactics.
Michelle Chen
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FeminismJune 4, 2014
This Simple Fix Could Lift Hundreds of Thousands of Working Women Out of Poverty
How can we help to make sure that Walmart’s employees can both financially support their children and tuck them in at night?
Michelle Chen
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Foreign PolicyJune 3, 2014
Does Homeland Security’s Tough New Screening Process Put Asylum Seekers at Risk?
A heightened credible fear standard would particularly impact immigrants who are detained at the border and subjected to “expedited removal."
Michelle Chen
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EconomyMay 30, 2014
How Local Governments Are Using Their Purchasing Power to End Sweatshop Labor
With the government’s leverage as both a consumer and a steward of the public trust, the public sector can hold the line against the fashion industry’s race to the bottom
Michelle Chen