The Republican Playbook for Cutting Anti-Poverty Programs The Republican Playbook for Cutting Anti-Poverty Programs
Paul Ryan’s poverty plan uses old tricks to make deep cuts.
Sep 3, 2014 / Mike Konczal and Bryce Covert
How Did New York Become the Most Unionized State in the Country? How Did New York Become the Most Unionized State in the Country?
Unions are more welcome in New York than most places in the country, but a revival of the labor movement will require new traditions of workplace activism.
Sep 3, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Let’s Tell Congress to Raise the Minimum Wage… Right Now! Let’s Tell Congress to Raise the Minimum Wage… Right Now!
Instead of waiting for the perfect Congress, Americans should demand that this imperfect Congress act before the election.
Sep 2, 2014 / John Nichols
Crain’s Red-Baits a Nurses Union Leader on Labor Day Crain’s Red-Baits a Nurses Union Leader on Labor Day
The business press still insists on equating strong union organizing with communism.
Sep 2, 2014 / Laura Flanders
How Humanitarian Aid Weakened Post-Earthquake Haiti How Humanitarian Aid Weakened Post-Earthquake Haiti
The chaotic rebuilding effort has actually widened the country’s social rifts, bringing the first emancipated black Republic under the yoke of a new kind of imperialism.
Sep 2, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Reconnecting With the Very American Ideal That Labor Rights Are Human Rights Reconnecting With the Very American Ideal That Labor Rights Are Human Rights
Keith Ellison and John Lewis are right: the US should recognize union organizing as a civil right.
Sep 1, 2014 / John Nichols
Happy Labor Day, Mom Happy Labor Day, Mom
Education reformers have left out the human dimensions of a harsh labor market where women, like my mother, were regularly punished for not being men.
Aug 30, 2014 / William Greider
Minnesota Home Care Workers Unionize Minnesota Home Care Workers Unionize
Home healthcare workers in Minnesota just established a union, opening the door for negotiating higher wages.
Aug 29, 2014 / Michelle Chen
The True Meaning of Labor Day The True Meaning of Labor Day
For America’s workers, Labor Day marks more than the end of summer. It’s a reminder of the struggles we have won—and those that lie ahead.
Aug 29, 2014 / Mary Kay Henry
Pregnant Women Just Earned More Workplace Rights in Illinois Pregnant Women Just Earned More Workplace Rights in Illinois
A new law in Illinois is set to modernize the way bosses deal with pregnant employees.
Aug 27, 2014 / Michelle Chen