Is Trump Crazy? Would Pence Be Worse? Is Trump Crazy? Would Pence Be Worse?
Jane Mayer on Pence, Amy Wilentz on Trump, plus Raj Patel on the problem with cheap food.
Oct 26, 2017 / Audio / Start Making Sense
How Much Time Could Women Reclaim If They Didn’t Have to Deal With Men’s Bullshit? How Much Time Could Women Reclaim If They Didn’t Have to Deal With Men’s Bullshit?
Joan Walsh on Weinstein, John Nichols on Trump’s generals, and Zoë Carpenter on the future of food.
Oct 19, 2017 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Do You Drink Milk? Read This. Do You Drink Milk? Read This.
Over 60 New York dairy workers have been killed on the job just since 2006.
Jul 27, 2017 / Michelle Chen
Tomato-Paste Colonialism Tomato-Paste Colonialism
How a Mao-era Chinese agricultural conglomerate came to dominate the African tomato market.
Jun 2, 2017 / Between Us, We Cover the World / Jean-Baptiste Malet
Hundreds of New York Bodegas Are on Strike Today Against Trump’s Muslim Ban Hundreds of New York Bodegas Are on Strike Today Against Trump’s Muslim Ban
The Yemeni-American diaspora is hitting back against the new administration’s Islamophobic travel ban.
Feb 2, 2017 / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
The Industry Where Black Women Earn 42 Cents for Every Dollar Earned by a White Man The Industry Where Black Women Earn 42 Cents for Every Dollar Earned by a White Man
Organizing within the food-supply chain is only going to get more important under a Trump presidency.
Dec 27, 2016 / Michelle Chen
There’s a Nationwide Boycott of Wendy’s Underway There’s a Nationwide Boycott of Wendy’s Underway
Organizers want the fast-food giant to agree to worker-friendly supply-chain practices.
Oct 10, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Chemical Burns, Frostbite, Broken Bones—All for Cheap Chicken Chemical Burns, Frostbite, Broken Bones—All for Cheap Chicken
The workers who put poultry on your table are subject to horrible conditions on the job.
Aug 10, 2016 / Michelle Chen
A Soda Tax Is Fundamentally Regressive. What if It’s Philadelphia’s Best Hope for Progressive Change? A Soda Tax Is Fundamentally Regressive. What if It’s Philadelphia’s Best Hope for Progressive Change?
Philadelphia Mayor James Kenney has proposed taxing sugary beverages to pay for universal pre-kindergarten and other popular initiatives.
May 23, 2016 / Cities Rising / Jake Blumgart
‘Mission Chinese Food Cookbook’: Tell Them the Truth ‘Mission Chinese Food Cookbook’: Tell Them the Truth
Not all cookbooks would benefit from the Mission treatment, but, perhaps, quite a few memoirs would.
Feb 25, 2016 / Wei Tchou