We Are Winning the Fight for $15 We Are Winning the Fight for $15
What started with 200 workers striking in New York has ballooned into a national movement wielding real political power.
Apr 6, 2016 / Michelle Chen
How a $15 Minimum Wage Went From ‘Extreme’ to Enacted How a $15 Minimum Wage Went From ‘Extreme’ to Enacted
Across the country, activists and low-wage workers are showing that the changes we need will come if people organize and force them.
Apr 5, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Gig Economy Jobs Don’t Have to Be Awful Gig Economy Jobs Don’t Have to Be Awful
The on-demand economy tends to be great for the consumer and bad for the worker—but it doesn’t have to be that way.
Apr 4, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Private Infrastructure Contracting May Be a Quick Way to Round Up Capital, but Does It Create Lasting Jobs? Private Infrastructure Contracting May Be a Quick Way to Round Up Capital, but Does It Create Lasting Jobs?
To avoid “disaster capitalism,” community organizations need to be deeply involved.
Apr 1, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Whiteness Still Pays in the Job Market Whiteness Still Pays in the Job Market
Mar 24, 2016 / Michelle Chen
This Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget Shows That Bold, Progressive Ideas Are Feasible and Sensible This Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget Shows That Bold, Progressive Ideas Are Feasible and Sensible
The remarkable CPC People’s Budget is an urgent call for the kinds of bigger, bolder reforms that can make our lives better.
Mar 22, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Until Last Year, No One Was Tracking Workplace Injuries Until Last Year, No One Was Tracking Workplace Injuries
Now that the government’s occupational safety agency is, the findings aren’t pretty.
Mar 22, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Meet the Democratic Socialist Who’s Running for New York State Senate Meet the Democratic Socialist Who’s Running for New York State Senate
Bernie Sanders isn’t alone: Debbie Medina is in the race for State Senate in New York’s 18th District.
Mar 16, 2016 / Sam Adler-Bell
The Media Malpractice That’s Hurting Everyone but Trump The Media Malpractice That’s Hurting Everyone but Trump
It’s time for the media to finally answer Bernie Sanders’s plea and stop favoring the spectacle over “the important issues facing the American people.”
Mar 15, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Paul Krugman Raises the White Flag on Trade Paul Krugman Raises the White Flag on Trade
The Times columnist made his name by ridiculing critics of globalization. Now he admits that “free-trade” cheerleading was mostly garbage.
Mar 14, 2016 / William Greider