‘This Is Much Bigger Than Us, Than Our Union, Even Than Our City’ ‘This Is Much Bigger Than Us, Than Our Union, Even Than Our City’
How LA’s teachers joined forces with the community and won a landmark labor contract.
Jan 23, 2019 / Sarah Jaffe
The Radical Organizing That Paved the Way for LA’s Teachers’ Strike The Radical Organizing That Paved the Way for LA’s Teachers’ Strike
In 2014, a progressive Union Power caucus took over UTLA—and that has made all the difference.
Jan 19, 2019 / Sarah Jaffe
These Hungarian Students Are Fighting for Their Country’s Democracy These Hungarian Students Are Fighting for Their Country’s Democracy
Though Orbán sought to stamp out dissent and free thought in Hungary, he only made us call out to one another in solidarity.
Jan 16, 2019 / StudentNation / Rosa Schwartzburg
South Dakota’s Cruel Attack on Trans High School Athletes South Dakota’s Cruel Attack on Trans High School Athletes
South Dakota’s Senate Bill 49 is a transparent attack on the most vulnerable of high-school students.
Jan 16, 2019 / Dave Zirin
Stand With Los Angeles Teachers on Strike Stand With Los Angeles Teachers on Strike
Plus ways to support furloughed federal workers and oppose Betsy Devos’s destructive sexual-assault policies.
Jan 15, 2019 / StudentNation / NationAction
‘This Model of Education Is Not Sustainable’ ‘This Model of Education Is Not Sustainable’
Yes, raises are important, but LA’s teachers are striking so their students have a fair shot at an education.
Jan 15, 2019 / Sarah Jaffe
What the LA Teachers Strike Is All About What the LA Teachers Strike Is All About
California is home to the industrial giants of Silicon Valley, the film industry, and the largest agricultural sector in the nation, but it has starved its public schools of resour...
Jan 14, 2019 / Pedro Noguera
LA’s Teachers’ Strike Will Be the Toughest Yet LA’s Teachers’ Strike Will Be the Toughest Yet
The Los Angeles teachers’ strike begins today. It’s going to be the most difficult struggle so far in the educators’ revolt sweeping the country.
Jan 14, 2019 / Eric Blanc
School Is Crushing My Daughter’s Spirit. What Should I Do? School Is Crushing My Daughter’s Spirit. What Should I Do?
Another reader asks what she can do about an acquaintance who drunkenly groped her on New Year’s Eve.
Jan 11, 2019 / Liza Featherstone
Farewell, Norman Birnbaum, 1926–2019 Farewell, Norman Birnbaum, 1926–2019
For those of us who worked with Norman, it’s hard to imagine The Nation without him. He contributed articles, editorials, and reviews to our pages for an astounding six decades.
Jan 9, 2019 / The Nation