Sarah Jaffe

Sarah Jaffe is a reporting fellow at Type Media Center and the author of Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt and the forthcoming Work Won’t Love You Back.

Public SchoolsJune 16, 2020

How the New York City School System Failed the Test of Covid-19

The city’s leaders bungled the closing of the schools when the coronavirus struck. Can they be trusted to reopen them safely?

Sarah Jaffe
Working ConditionsMarch 26, 2020

‘Horror Story After Horror Story’: A Frontline Nurse Discusses the Crisis

Zenei Cortez, a nurse and union leader, says not giving medical workers protective gear is like giving a firefighter a squirt gun.

Sarah Jaffe
LaborMarch 18, 2020

Sara Nelson Says People Are Ready for Solidarity

The president of the Association of Flight Attendants tells Sarah Jaffe that the pandemic reveals what unions already know: “An injury to one is an injury to all.”

Sarah Jaffe
Public SchoolsNovember 16, 2019

The Chicago Teachers Strike Was a Lesson in 21st-Century Organizing

Despite the Janus decision and years of labor losses, the Chicago Teachers Union has figured out how to organize—and win.

Sarah Jaffe
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Labor OrganizingMay 10, 2019

Sara Nelson Is Not Afraid to Strike Back

For the president of the Association of Flight Attendants, radical politics starts in the workplace.

Sarah Jaffe
Public SchoolsFebruary 7, 2019

What Rydell High School Can Teach Us about the LA Teachers Strike

As teachers in Denver and Oakland head toward their own strikes, it’s worth doubling down on the lessons from LA.

Sarah Jaffe
Labor OrganizingJanuary 23, 2019

‘This Is Much Bigger Than Us, Than Our Union, Even Than Our City’

How LA’s teachers joined forces with the community and won a landmark labor contract.

Sarah Jaffe
Public SchoolsJanuary 19, 2019

The Radical Organizing That Paved the Way for LA’s Teachers’ Strike

In 2014, a progressive Union Power caucus took over UTLA—and that has made all the difference.

Sarah Jaffe
Public SchoolsJanuary 15, 2019

‘This Model of Education Is Not Sustainable’

Yes, raises are important, but LA’s teachers are striking so their students have a fair shot at an education.

Sarah Jaffe
March 14, 2018

The Women of Wages for Housework

A new book edited by Silvia Federici and Arlen Austin helps capture the excitement and ideas of a movement that had modest origins but spread around the world within several years.

Sarah Jaffe

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Sarah Jaffe

Public SchoolsJune 16, 2020

The city’s leaders bungled the closing of the schools when the coronavirus struck. Can they be trusted to reopen them safely?

Working ConditionsMarch 26, 2020

Zenei Cortez, a nurse and union leader, says not giving medical workers protective gear is like giving a firefighter a squirt gun.

LaborMarch 18, 2020

The president of the Association of Flight Attendants tells Sarah Jaffe that the pandemic reveals what unions already know: “An injury to one is an injury to all.”

Public SchoolsNovember 16, 2019

Despite the Janus decision and years of labor losses, the Chicago Teachers Union has figured out how to organize—and win.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

Labor OrganizingMay 10, 2019

For the president of the Association of Flight Attendants, radical politics starts in the workplace.

Public SchoolsFebruary 7, 2019

As teachers in Denver and Oakland head toward their own strikes, it’s worth doubling down on the lessons from LA.

Labor OrganizingJanuary 23, 2019

How LA’s teachers joined forces with the community and won a landmark labor contract.

Public SchoolsJanuary 19, 2019

In 2014, a progressive Union Power caucus took over UTLA—and that has made all the difference.

Public SchoolsJanuary 15, 2019

Yes, raises are important, but LA’s teachers are striking so their students have a fair shot at an education.

March 14, 2018

A new book edited by Silvia Federici and Arlen Austin helps capture the excitement and ideas of a movement that had modest origins but spread around the world within several years.