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
Martin Luther King Jr. and the Unfinished Work of Abolishing Poverty Martin Luther King Jr. and the Unfinished Work of Abolishing Poverty
Democrats failed to embrace his Freedom Budget for All Americans in the 1960s. That failure needs to be addressed today with a bold program to abolish poverty and injustice.
Jan 17, 2022 / John Nichols
The Protest Movement and the Protest Government The Protest Movement and the Protest Government
No one acquainted with right-wing media can doubt that anger over the 2020 riots—in Portland, Seattle, Kenosha, Philadelphia, and elsewhere—fed the wildness of the January 6 riot.
Jan 14, 2022 / David Bromwich
Workers Are Paying the Price for Kroger’s Profits Workers Are Paying the Price for Kroger’s Profits
A survey of 10,000 grocery-store employees lays out the job’s human cost.
Jan 14, 2022 / Kim Kelly
It’s Time to Hold Law Firms Accountable for Their Role in Climate Change It’s Time to Hold Law Firms Accountable for Their Role in Climate Change
Students are boycotting Gibson Dunn for representing the corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, undermining the Indian Child Welfare Act, and more.
Jan 12, 2022 / StudentNation / Leehi Yona and David Cremins
The Indomitable Rev. Addie L. Wyatt The Indomitable Rev. Addie L. Wyatt
The trailblazing Black labor leader and civil rights activist took her fight for equality from the packinghouse to the pulpit.
Jan 11, 2022 / Kim Kelly
The Front Lines of Omicron The Front Lines of Omicron
With the pandemic returning to a state of emergency, we need to finally fix what was already broken in our society.
Jan 10, 2022 / Adam Gaffney
The Revolution Against Low-Wage Work The Revolution Against Low-Wage Work
Workers used the additional resources of the past year to demand better pay and conditions.
Jan 7, 2022 / Mike Konczal
Chile’s “New Left” Brings Hope Chile’s “New Left” Brings Hope
With capital already taking flight and the rise of the far right, Gabriel Boric’s administration isn’t in for an easy ride.
Jan 7, 2022 / Franck Gaudichaud