As the Semester Ends, Students Hold Sit-Ins, Win Higher Pay, and Unionize As the Semester Ends, Students Hold Sit-Ins, Win Higher Pay, and Unionize
Major wins for economic and racial justice, from campus to the workplace.
Jun 22, 2015 / StudentNation
What Fast-Food Workers Are Fighting For What Fast-Food Workers Are Fighting For
The New York State Labor Department’s fast food Wage Board this week showed why a pay raise can’t come soon enough for fast food workers.
Jun 17, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Climate Change Is a Crisis We Can Only Solve Together Climate Change Is a Crisis We Can Only Solve Together
The very idea that we—as atomized individuals—could play a significant part in stabilizing the planet’s climate is objectively nuts.
Jun 17, 2015 / Feature / Naomi Klein
Can Kshama Sawant Build an Actual Socialist City in America? Can Kshama Sawant Build an Actual Socialist City in America?
First, she'll have to win rent control.
Jun 17, 2015 / Cities Rising / Sarah Jaffe
What’s the True Cost of Free Trade? What’s the True Cost of Free Trade?
The price for deals like TPP is paid in forced migration and the refugee crises that are rolling around the globe.
Jun 17, 2015 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge
Thousands of Voters Are Disenfranchised by North Carolina’s Voting Restrictions Thousands of Voters Are Disenfranchised by North Carolina’s Voting Restrictions
North Carolina’s new voting restrictions are preventing African-Americans and Democrats from voting.
Jun 16, 2015 / Ari Berman
25 Years Later: Lessons From the Organizers of Justice for Janitors 25 Years Later: Lessons From the Organizers of Justice for Janitors
The campaign succeeded because it went after the people who truly had power over the workers’ livelihood—not the powerless subcontractors.
Jun 16, 2015 / Stephen Lerner and Jono Shaffer
How to Defend the Indefensible How to Defend the Indefensible
The issue isn't police misconduct—the issue is rap music and baggy pants!
Jun 16, 2015 / Comix Nation / Tom Tomorrow
The US Base More Secret Than Guantánamo The US Base More Secret Than Guantánamo
One US military base, decades of lies, and a crime that has never been faced or righted.
Jun 15, 2015 / David Vine
How to Dump Tenants and Make a Fortune How to Dump Tenants and Make a Fortune
The chaotic, abusive process through which New York City landlords turn affordable housing into luxury apartments.