Sepp Blatter Is Suspended for Eight Years, Compares Self to Mandela Sepp Blatter Is Suspended for Eight Years, Compares Self to Mandela
FIFA’s chief has been suspended for eight years, but the drama is just beginning.
Dec 21, 2015 / Dave Zirin
China’s Latest Crackdown on Workers Is Unprecedented China’s Latest Crackdown on Workers Is Unprecedented
Seven worker-activists involved in the independent labor organizations known as “worker centers” have been arrested.
Dec 18, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Bernie Sanders Just Got Two of His Biggest Endorsements Yet Bernie Sanders Just Got Two of His Biggest Endorsements Yet
A major progressive activist group and a major union issue endorsements of the insurgent Democratic contender.
Dec 17, 2015 / John Nichols
Will Spain Replace Its Old Guard in the December 20 Elections? Will Spain Replace Its Old Guard in the December 20 Elections?
While the new-left hope Podemos has seen its support drop in recent months, the center-right Ciudadanos has risen meteorically.
Dec 14, 2015 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
Day-Care Costs Can Drive a Family Into Poverty Before a Child Reaches Kindergarten Day-Care Costs Can Drive a Family Into Poverty Before a Child Reaches Kindergarten
But they'll probably impoverish her teacher first.
Dec 7, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Paul Ryan Just Accidentally Made a Great Case for Raising the Minimum Wage Paul Ryan Just Accidentally Made a Great Case for Raising the Minimum Wage
In his first major speech as speaker of the House, Ryan inadvertently made one of the strongest arguments for lifting the wage floor.
Dec 4, 2015 / Rebecca Vallas and Melissa Boteach
Naomi Klein: Breaking the Back of Our Carbon Economy Naomi Klein: Breaking the Back of Our Carbon Economy
What should an economy that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels actually look like?
Dec 3, 2015 / Video / Naomi Klein
What Happened to the White Working Class? What Happened to the White Working Class?
Downward mobility plus racial resentment is a potent combination with disastrous consequences.
Dec 1, 2015 / Barbara Ehrenreich
More Than 30 Trade Unionists Have Been Killed in Honduras Since 2009 More Than 30 Trade Unionists Have Been Killed in Honduras Since 2009
Chiquita keeps bananas cheap—and union organizers scared for their lives.
Nov 30, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Which Democrat Will Pass the Working Families Test? Which Democrat Will Pass the Working Families Test?
The Working Families Party is asking its members to help decide whom to back for president.
Nov 30, 2015 / John Nichols