Did Child Labor Build Your Smart Phone? Did Child Labor Build Your Smart Phone?
A watchdog group has uncovered numerous labor violations at a Samsung supplier in southern China—including underage workers.
Jul 11, 2014 / Michelle Chen
What Does the Democratic Party Actually Believe? What Does the Democratic Party Actually Believe?
Does the Democratic party’s soul lie with Hilliary Clinton, moderation and Wall Street—or somewhere else?
Jul 9, 2014 / William Greider
A Grassroots Labor Uprising—at Your Bank? A Grassroots Labor Uprising—at Your Bank?
As a trade deal focusing on the financial sector is underway so too is a campaign to organize Wall Street’s rank-and-file.
Jul 9, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Teachers to Education Secretary Arne Duncan: Please Quit Teachers to Education Secretary Arne Duncan: Please Quit
National Education Association calls out Obama’s education secretary for focusing on high-stakes testing. Democrats should take the criticism seriously.
Jul 8, 2014 / John Nichols
Why the Supreme Court’s Attack on Labor Hurts Women Most Why the Supreme Court’s Attack on Labor Hurts Women Most
The Hobby Lobby case is more clearly aimed at women, but Harris v. Quinn may prove even more consequential for the lives of working women.
Jul 7, 2014 / Michelle Chen
What Happened When One Country Required All Corporate Boards to Be 40% Women What Happened When One Country Required All Corporate Boards to Be 40% Women
A new study finds board quotas don’t improve conditions for the average working woman, but they do the job of giving women more representation among powerful roles.
Jul 7, 2014 / Bryce Covert
How to Turn a Grueling, Thankless Job Into a Movement How to Turn a Grueling, Thankless Job Into a Movement
The journey one of the first domestic workers’ groups in New York attests to the power of grassroots labor activism and the hurdles that come with it.
Jul 3, 2014 / Michelle Chen
On This Fourth of July, Meet Your Unpatriotic Corporations On This Fourth of July, Meet Your Unpatriotic Corporations
Walgreens wants to use tax loopholes to take $4 billion out of taxpayers’ pockets. And that’s just the beginning.
Jul 3, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How New York Real Estate Became a Dumping Ground for the World’s Dirty Money How New York Real Estate Became a Dumping Ground for the World’s Dirty Money
Shady magnates and corrupt politicians from all over the globe are stashing their ill-gotten wealth in luxurious Manhattan apartments.
Jul 3, 2014 / Michael Hudson, Ionuț Stănescu, and Sam Adler-Bell
How John Maynard Keynes Can Save the Arab Spring How John Maynard Keynes Can Save the Arab Spring
With secular autocrats and rigid Islamists equally discredited in the Arab world, the space is wide open for progressive democrats to save the Arab Spring.
Jul 2, 2014 / Richard Javad Heydarian and Foreign Policy In Focus