This Doesn’t Have to Hurt: An Argument Against BDSM Economics This Doesn’t Have to Hurt: An Argument Against BDSM Economics
Inflicting pain on workers to fix inflation isn’t just unfair. It’s stupid, ineffective, and completely unnecessary.
Jul 13, 2022 / Zack Exley and Robert Hockett
Dear Harvard, It’s Time to Reject Fossil Fuel Money Dear Harvard, It’s Time to Reject Fossil Fuel Money
The university’s recently announced Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability will need to ban oil and gas companies from funding its research.
Jul 12, 2022 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen
The Real Reason to Be Nervous About AI The Real Reason to Be Nervous About AI
Declarations of sentience are wildly premature. But the dangers AI poses to labor are very real.
Jun 24, 2022 / Dwayne Monroe
The Baby Formula Shortage Is a Preview of a Coming Food Crisis The Baby Formula Shortage Is a Preview of a Coming Food Crisis
Unless governments transition off fossil fuels and limit global warming, food shortages and famine will become the norm.
Jun 6, 2022 / Liat Olenick
First Thought, Best Thought? Not for Elon Musk. First Thought, Best Thought? Not for Elon Musk.
The Hill offloads comment moderation to Facebook and Twitter. What could possibly go wrong?
Jun 2, 2022 / Tom Gogola
The Most Important Recent Labor Victory You Never Read About The Most Important Recent Labor Victory You Never Read About
At this GM plant in Mexico, workers on both sides of the border came together across national boundaries to challenge corporate power.
May 25, 2022 / Bruce Hobson
The Arms Industry Is At It Again. Imagine That. The Arms Industry Is At It Again. Imagine That.
Does arming Ukraine really make Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and their cohorts “defenders of democracy”?
May 25, 2022 / William D. Hartung
Immigrant Construction Workers Fight Back Against Exploitation Immigrant Construction Workers Fight Back Against Exploitation
Los Demolicionistas—“the Demolitionists”—have organized to stop nonunion employers from taking advantage of immigrant workers.
May 19, 2022 / Ashley Bishop
Don’t Boycott Amazon Don’t Boycott Amazon
They’re too big to be hurt by individual consumer choice. Instead, hit them where it really hurts.
May 13, 2022 / Column / Alexis Grenell