Inequality

International Women's Day Strike in NYC

This Is What Feminism Really Looks Like This Is What Feminism Really Looks Like

Women of color, trans women, working women—the International Women’s Strike brought feminism of the 99 percent into the streets.

Mar 9, 2017 / Michelle Chen

What Happens if You’re Too Poor to Pay Bail?

What Happens if You’re Too Poor to Pay Bail? What Happens if You’re Too Poor to Pay Bail?

Money bail just does not work, and preys on society’s most vulnerable.

Mar 8, 2017 / Video / Robert Greenwald

Trabajadoras del hogar versus Harvard: Feminismo en la era de Trump

Trabajadoras del hogar versus Harvard: Feminismo en la era de Trump Trabajadoras del hogar versus Harvard: Feminismo en la era de Trump

Las mujeres inmigrantes de clase trabajadora, quienes se enfrentaron a la primera mujer presidenta de Harvard y a Sheryl Sandberg, han forjado un feminismo para el 99 por ciento.

Mar 8, 2017 / Sarah Leonard and Rebecca Rojer

ICE raid protests in New York

Teachers Will Be a Formidable Force Against Trump Teachers Will Be a Formidable Force Against Trump

Teachers are working to protect undocumented immigrant students, trans students, and any student whose chance at an equitable education is at risk.

Mar 8, 2017 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen

At Labor’s Crossroads

At Labor’s Crossroads At Labor’s Crossroads

Three new books about the SEIU reveal the challenges of organizing in 21st-century America.

Mar 8, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Rich Yeselson

Housekeepers Versus Harvard: Feminism for the Age of Trump

Housekeepers Versus Harvard: Feminism for the Age of Trump Housekeepers Versus Harvard: Feminism for the Age of Trump

A feminism for the 99 percent has been forged by working-class immigrant women who confronted Harvard’s first female president and Sheryl Sandberg.

Mar 8, 2017 / Feature / Sarah Leonard and Rebecca Rojer

international womens day march

When Did Solidarity Among Working Women Become a ‘Privilege’? When Did Solidarity Among Working Women Become a ‘Privilege’?

Women who are concern trolling the strike seem most interested in persuading us to work with the Democratic Party.

Mar 7, 2017 / Tithi Bhattacharya and Cinzia Arruzza

Donald Trump Is Trying to Play Black Americans

Donald Trump Is Trying to Play Black Americans Donald Trump Is Trying to Play Black Americans

But we are not going to be played like this.

Mar 7, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

Too Frightened to Change a Hated Order

Too Frightened to Change a Hated Order Too Frightened to Change a Hated Order

Despite profound discontent, the prospect of an exit from the neoliberal orthodoxies of the past 40 years terrifies even those who know how much they have suffered from it.

Mar 6, 2017 / Between Us, We Cover the World / Perry Anderson

Kenny Chapman, 53, receives coins from a man

Our Political Economy Is Designed to Create Poverty and Inequality Our Political Economy Is Designed to Create Poverty and Inequality

Poverty is not an abstraction. People wear it on their faces, carry it on their backs as a constant companion—and it is heavy.

Mar 6, 2017 / Dennis Kucinich

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