How Did These Graduate Students Improve Their Working Conditions? They Went on Strike! How Did These Graduate Students Improve Their Working Conditions? They Went on Strike!
At the University of Oregon, campus organizing took on a new meaning when graduate workers went on the picket line.
Dec 12, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
The Spending Bill’s Wall Street Giveaway Is Bad, but That’s Not All The Spending Bill’s Wall Street Giveaway Is Bad, but That’s Not All
Along with hobbling Dodd-Frank, the so-called “Cromnibus” assaults a number of important priorities.
Dec 12, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
To Save the Planet, We Need to Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground—but Oil Companies Have Other Plans To Save the Planet, We Need to Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground—but Oil Companies Have Other Plans
They say no to any “stranded assets.”
Dec 10, 2014 / Feature / William D. Cohan
Congress Is Poised to Hand Wall Street a Huge Victory Congress Is Poised to Hand Wall Street a Huge Victory
But opposition among Democrats is growing.
Dec 10, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Should You Lose Your Job Just Because You’re Pregnant? Should You Lose Your Job Just Because You’re Pregnant?
Does the Pregnancy Discrimination Act actually prevent employers from firing their workers for being pregnant? The Supreme Court will soon decide.
Dec 10, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
Chilean Activists Change the Rules of the Game Chilean Activists Change the Rules of the Game
Graduating from protesters to politicians, Chile’s student leaders achieved the legislative wins that have eluded their Occupy counterparts.
Dec 10, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Sebastian Rosemont and Foreign Policy In Focus
Would You Rather Get Your Water From Your City Government—or From a Corporation? Would You Rather Get Your Water From Your City Government—or From a Corporation?
Water privatization could soon be the next front in the austerity wars.
Dec 8, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
Bogus Bipartisanship: Congress Cooperates in the Service of Corporations Bogus Bipartisanship: Congress Cooperates in the Service of Corporations
House Republicans and Democrats overwhelmingly approve extending absurd corporate tax breaks.
Dec 5, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
Want to Exploit Retail Workers? In San Francisco, It’ll Cost You Want to Exploit Retail Workers? In San Francisco, It’ll Cost You
The city now has a Retail Workers Bill of Rights.
Dec 5, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen