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I Spent a Pandemic Behind a Grocery Store Cash Register
Ann Larson, a pandemic-era grocery store clerk and social critic, is determined to make visible how workers like her really live and think.
The Nation and Economic Hardship Reporting Project
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October 22, 2021
Environmental Justice Is Essential in the Workplace and at Home
No worker should be forced to choose between an unsafe job and unemployment.
David Michaels and Robert Bullard
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October 20, 2021
On the John Deere Picket Line in Iowa With UAW Local 281
With $1.6 billion in profits just in the third quarter of this year, the company has ample time and money to squeeze striking workers—unless national unions step up their support.
Dave Leshtz
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October 18, 2021
A Veteran Journalist Finds Himself the Center of the Story
How did Ray Suarez end up jobless and worrying about how he was going to pay his dental bills?
The Nation and Economic Hardship Reporting Project
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October 15, 2021
Ignore the Naysayers. A Full-Employment Recovery Is Possible.
Critics of the American Rescue Plan made two dire predictions. Both proved wrong.
Mike Konczal
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October 14, 2021
Texas Abortion Providers Are “Hitting Their Limits”
Clinic staff are “very worried” about the stability of their jobs, explained one provider. And turning away patient after patient is taking its toll.
Mary Tuma
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October 14, 2021
How America Learned to Outsource Its Dirtiest Work to the Least Powerful
A conversation with author Eyal Press about the men and women who do this country’s most maligned jobs and the psychic toll it takes on them.
Jasmine Liu
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October 11, 2021
Pandemic Solidarity Transformed Our Society. Now We Need It Again.
In attempt to stem the tide of death, cities, states, and the federal government passed unprecedented reforms. Fighting to keep them is an important way to counter pandemic depression and isolation.
Abdullah Shihipar
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October 7, 2021
A Candidate for Mixtecos in California’s Republican Heartland
In the city of Madera, Elsa Mejia is running for a seat on the city council as the first Indigenous Mexican migrant candidate.
David Bacon
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October 4, 2021
Why the Media Is (Mostly) Screwing Up What’s Happening With Democrats
Progressives are the pragmatists; Conservadems are blocking Joe Biden’s agenda. That’s it. That’s the story.
Joan Walsh