America’s Mayors Should Take Marion Barry as a Model. Seriously. America’s Mayors Should Take Marion Barry as a Model. Seriously.
The former D.C. mayor’s pioneering efforts to provide jobs, affordable housing, and food security deserve to be remembered long after the jokes about his drug use have grown stale.
Feb 14, 2022 / Christina M. Greer
California Needs to Get Serious About Homelessness California Needs to Get Serious About Homelessness
The state has failed to provide housing to the formerly incarcerated and other vulnerable people.
Feb 11, 2022 / Left Coast / Sasha Abramsky
How the “American Dream” Became Un-American How the “American Dream” Became Un-American
When plutocrats defend it, and democrats bewail its passing, it’s time to recall the original meaning of the phrase.
Feb 10, 2022 / Maria Bustillos
As Child Tax Payments Expire, Struggling Families Are Desperate As Child Tax Payments Expire, Struggling Families Are Desperate
Congress could get inspiration from the tortured creation of Social Security.
Feb 7, 2022 / James Roosevelt Jr., Henry Scott Wallace, June Hopkins, Tomlin Perkins Coggeshall, and Harold M. Ickes
Maida Springer Kemp Championed Workers’ Rights on a Global Scale Maida Springer Kemp Championed Workers’ Rights on a Global Scale
The Panamanian garment worker turned labor organizer, Pan-Africanist, and anti-colonial activist advocated for US and African workers amid a Cold War freeze.
Feb 4, 2022 / Kim Kelly
A Transformative Green New Deal Requires Inclusive Manufacturing A Transformative Green New Deal Requires Inclusive Manufacturing
Without a new approach to manufacturing, we may protect the environment better but continue to reinforce racial and economic inequality.
Jan 28, 2022 / Carl Davidson, Bill Fletcher Jr., and Nina Gregg
A Bold Flavor of Tennessee Whiskey: Union-Made A Bold Flavor of Tennessee Whiskey: Union-Made
The United Distillery Workers of Tennessee are organizing in the heart of Nashville.
Jan 25, 2022 / Kim Kelly
Concrete Actions Toward Worker Power Concrete Actions Toward Worker Power
Three hundred Teamsters in the Seattle area are bringing the local construction industry to a standstill.
Jan 21, 2022 / Kim Kelly
The Radical Vision of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes The Radical Vision of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes
Murdered by gangsters on a dictator’s orders in 1981, these pathbreaking Filipino labor organizers fought for union democracy.
Jan 18, 2022 / Kim Kelly
Members of Congress Shouldn’t Be Getting Rich From Trading Stocks Members of Congress Shouldn’t Be Getting Rich From Trading Stocks
Last year, over a hundred members of Congress bought and sold nearly $290 million in stocks and beat the market.
Jan 17, 2022 / Aída Chávez