Inequality

Exterior view of the New York Times building

We’re Freelancers, but We’re Striking in Solidarity with New York Times Employees We’re Freelancers, but We’re Striking in Solidarity with New York Times Employees

The resurgence of American labor organizing has relied on solidarity beyond the bargaining unit—and that’s what we’re offering.

Dec 8, 2022 / Bryce Covert, Jillian Steinhauer, and Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein

Is Eric Adams Bringing Back the Asylum?

Is Eric Adams Bringing Back the Asylum? Is Eric Adams Bringing Back the Asylum?

Adams calls his new involuntary hospitalization order a “moral mandate” to “deliver for our most vulnerable.” What the policy actually delivers is an era akin to the age of the car...

Dec 7, 2022 / OpinionNation / Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant

The West’s Broken Approach to Refugees

The West’s Broken Approach to Refugees The West’s Broken Approach to Refugees

The persecution of non-white refugees seems to be on the rise not just in countries with far-right governments, but also in those known for their liberality.

Dec 6, 2022 / Helen Benedict

A PhD student with a megaphone leads a picket.

Time to Turn Up the Pressure on the University of California Decision-Makers Time to Turn Up the Pressure on the University of California Decision-Makers

A union member’s view of the biggest strike in the country.

Dec 5, 2022 / Highlights / Jane McAlevey

Staughton Lynd at peace march

Staughton Lynd Never Lost the Courage of His Convictions Staughton Lynd Never Lost the Courage of His Convictions

The historian and activist, who died last month, paid a steep price for his commitments. Yet he managed to find a way to keep agitating, and keep writing, while always remaining tr...

Dec 5, 2022 / Joshua Freeman

Young activists demand a Loss and Damage Fund to compensate developing countries for the impacts of climate change

It’s Time for Rich Countries to Pay Up—Before the Next Climate Disaster It’s Time for Rich Countries to Pay Up—Before the Next Climate Disaster

High-emitting countries like ours have run up quite a climate tab.

Dec 5, 2022 / Stan Cox and Priti Gulati Cox

Yale Grad Student Labor Union

After 3 Decades, Yale Graduate Workers Are Finally Unionizing After 3 Decades, Yale Graduate Workers Are Finally Unionizing

It’s been 34 years since grad students at Yale University first tried to organize. Now, these workers are on the cusp of forming a labor union.

Dec 5, 2022 / StudentNation / Yash Roy

Karen Bass at news conference

Will LA’s New Mayor Karen Bass Reset the City’s Labor and Housing Markets? Will LA’s New Mayor Karen Bass Reset the City’s Labor and Housing Markets?

Or will her administration stand by as a series of high-profile sporting events turn the city into Doha on the Pacific?

Dec 2, 2022 / Left Coast / Sasha Abramsky

International Students

Why Do So Many International Students Leave the US? Why Do So Many International Students Leave the US?

There are nearly 1 million international students in the United States. Most want to stay in the country after graduation, yet less than half are able to do so.

Dec 2, 2022 / StudentNation / Madeline Armstrong

Biden receives Covid booster shot

Pandemic Year 3: Who’s Got the Power? Pandemic Year 3: Who’s Got the Power?

Has public health failed us? Or have we failed public health?

Dec 1, 2022 / Editorial / Gregg Gonsalves

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