Economy

Union Collective Bargaining Illinois Amendment

Illinois Voters Just Made Collective Bargaining a Constitutional Right Illinois Voters Just Made Collective Bargaining a Constitutional Right

The state’s new Workers’ Rights Amendment is a historic victory for union organizers, shutting out the anti-labor “right-to-work” laws that have dominated in the Midwest.

Nov 17, 2022 / StudentNation / Tomas Miriti Pacheco

Michelle de Kretser’s Unsettled Australia

Michelle de Kretser’s Unsettled Australia Michelle de Kretser’s Unsettled Australia

Her novels examine how migration and globalization have changed the country's identity and relation to the rest of the world.

Nov 16, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Nawal Arjini

David Lambourne sits in a tropical shirt alongside some luggage.

Kiribati’s Disorder in the Court Kiribati’s Disorder in the Court

The Pacific island nation's attempted deportation of an Australian-born judge shows how the decolonizing world’s reliance on foreign-born judges threatens nascent democracies.

Nov 15, 2022 / Pete McKenzie

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the UNFCCC COP27 climate conference on November 11, 2022 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

Rich, Polluting Nations Must Pay Up Rich, Polluting Nations Must Pay Up

As a bare minimum, a windfall tax on the combined profits of the largest oil and gas companies needs to be enacted.

Nov 15, 2022 / Various Contributors

Money From Nothing: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Shakedown

Money From Nothing: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Shakedown Money From Nothing: Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Shakedown

The late crypto platform FTX was a clearinghouse of info-capitalist delusion.

Nov 14, 2022 / Feature / Timi Iwayemi

Feral GOP

Feral GOP Feral GOP

Faces off.

Nov 14, 2022 / OppArt / Tom Bachtell

Pedestrians wearing protective masks pass in front of Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.

Doctors Finally Join the Labor Movement Doctors Finally Join the Labor Movement

A challenge to Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx by a broad coalition of its own workers is a frontline struggle against the most exploitative tendencies of the whole industry.

Nov 14, 2022 / Karim Sariahmed

Greenwashing COP27: Coke Is It

Greenwashing COP27: Coke Is It Greenwashing COP27: Coke Is It

A major polluter sponsors the climate summit.

Nov 11, 2022 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Asian Americans Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action Benefits All Students—Even Asian Americans Affirmative Action Benefits All Students—Even Asian Americans

In October, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for two cases against Harvard and the University of North Carolina in an effort to overturn race-conscious admissions.

Nov 11, 2022 / StudentNation / Rachel Shin

India Spellman pictured incarcerated.

India Spellman Was Wrongfully Convicted When She Was Just 17 India Spellman Was Wrongfully Convicted When She Was Just 17

That was over a decade ago. When will she walk free?

Nov 8, 2022 / Alyssa Oursler and Anna DalCortivo

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