There’s a Right Way—and a Wrong Way—for Cities to Mitigate Climate Change There’s a Right Way—and a Wrong Way—for Cities to Mitigate Climate Change
In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, New Yorkers came together to initiate community-labor partnerships to decide on how they wanted their city to be made more resilient.
Nov 22, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Workers Don’t Need Trump to Give Them a Voice. They Need Unions. Workers Don’t Need Trump to Give Them a Voice. They Need Unions.
The key to rebuilding the working class is labor organizing, not scapegoating people of color and immigrants.
Nov 18, 2016 / David Madland
Why the Working Class and the Left Fail as a Couple and What to Do About It Why the Working Class and the Left Fail as a Couple and What to Do About It
We have a lot to work out.
Nov 17, 2016 / Sara Niccoli
Bernie Sanders Comes Out Fighting Against Trump and Trumpism Bernie Sanders Comes Out Fighting Against Trump and Trumpism
‘We are not going silently into the night,’ says the senator. ‘The stakes are too high.’
Nov 17, 2016 / John Nichols
Why Do White Working-Class People Vote Against Their Interests? They Don’t. Why Do White Working-Class People Vote Against Their Interests? They Don’t.
Corporate Democrats have never advanced their interests—and at least Republicans offer a persuasive story about why they are getting screwed.
Nov 17, 2016 / Kirk Noden
Urban and Rural America Are Connected by Economic Refugees Like Me Urban and Rural America Are Connected by Economic Refugees Like Me
I watched election 2016 from Brooklyn, but I grew up a black girl in a small town.
Nov 16, 2016 / Erin Malone
Seattle Seahawk Doug Baldwin With the Words We Need to Hear Seattle Seahawk Doug Baldwin With the Words We Need to Hear
Tweet by tweet, he spoke out against the economic inequality that paved the way for Trump—and the importance of fighting for something better.
Nov 15, 2016 / Dave Zirin
More Dangerous Than a Thousand Rioters: The Revolutionary Life of Lucy Parsons More Dangerous Than a Thousand Rioters: The Revolutionary Life of Lucy Parsons
What we can learn from one of the great organizers in American history.
Nov 15, 2016 / Video / Kelly Gallagher
These Spanish Activists Have Taken Punishing Bankers Into Their Own Hands These Spanish Activists Have Taken Punishing Bankers Into Their Own Hands
Their work is a model for citizen action against the architects of financial collapse.
Nov 14, 2016 / Anne Koch
Inequality Among Women Is Crucial to Understanding Hillary’s Loss Inequality Among Women Is Crucial to Understanding Hillary’s Loss
Working-class women who voted for Trump tell us a lot about feminism’s relationship to class politics.
Nov 11, 2016 / Kathleen Geier