Jenny Odell’s Search for a New Kind of Time Jenny Odell’s Search for a New Kind of Time
Can we escape capitalism's persistent and relentless demand that we turning our waking hours into products and profits?
Apr 18, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Jaffe
The Art of Vivian Maier The Art of Vivian Maier
Her photography made its subject everyday life, but her life makes us ask: Who gets to be an artist?
May 30, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Jaffe
Nurses Are Striking Across the Country Over Patient Safety Nurses Are Striking Across the Country Over Patient Safety
The pandemic—and widespread frustration over unsafe working conditions—has triggered a wave of strikes in hospitals from Massachusetts to Hawaii.
May 6, 2021 / Sarah Jaffe and C.M. Lewis
First, Nurses Saved Our Lives—Now They’re Saving Our Health Care First, Nurses Saved Our Lives—Now They’re Saving Our Health Care
Throughout the pandemic, nurses have been at the forefront of the fight not only to treat the sick but also to fix our ailing medical system.
Feb 8, 2021 / 2021 Year in Review / Sarah Jaffe
How the New York City School System Failed the Test of Covid-19 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?
Jun 16, 2020 / Feature / Sarah Jaffe
‘Horror Story After Horror Story’: A Frontline Nurse Discusses the Crisis ‘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.
Mar 26, 2020 / no-paywall / Sarah Jaffe
Sara Nelson Says People Are Ready for Solidarity 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.”
Mar 18, 2020 / no-paywall / Sarah Jaffe
The Chicago Teachers Strike Was a Lesson in 21st-Century Organizing 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.
Nov 16, 2019 / Cities Rising / Sarah Jaffe
Sara Nelson Is Not Afraid to Strike Back Sara Nelson Is Not Afraid to Strike Back
For the president of the Association of Flight Attendants, radical politics starts in the workplace.
May 10, 2019 / Drinks On The Nation / Sarah Jaffe
What Rydell High School Can Teach Us about the LA Teachers Strike 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.
Feb 7, 2019 / Cities Rising / Sarah Jaffe