The Many Ways You Can Be Screwed Out of Unemployment Benefits The Many Ways You Can Be Screwed Out of Unemployment Benefits
If you have a bad job to begin with, chances are you’re going to get bad unemployment relief.
Aug 14, 2015 / Michelle Chen
National Nurses United Union Backs Bernie Sanders National Nurses United Union Backs Bernie Sanders
This is the first major endorsement for Senator Sanders, as unions divide their support between the candidates.
Aug 10, 2015 / John Nichols
The Apache vs. Rio Tinto The Apache vs. Rio Tinto
The San Carlos tribe is fighting to block a massive mining project that would cut a two-mile wide crater through sacred land.
Jul 31, 2015 / Nick Kimbrell
For Many Americans, the Great Recession Never Ended. Is the Fed About to Make It Worse? For Many Americans, the Great Recession Never Ended. Is the Fed About to Make It Worse?
Why it’s a mistake for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year.
Jul 28, 2015 / Connie M. Razza
Uber Wins a Battle With New York, Now It’s War Uber Wins a Battle With New York, Now It’s War
The fight over NYC’s Uber cap is just the beginning of a deeper struggle over the future of transportation and the gig economy.
Jul 24, 2015 / Michelle Chen
New York Fast-Food Workers Win Their Fight for $15 New York Fast-Food Workers Win Their Fight for $15
A landmark executive move will serve the state’s fast-food workers some long-overdue justice.
Jul 22, 2015 / Michelle Chen
In Indiana, Employers Can Fire Workers for Being Gay or Trans—and They Do, All the Time In Indiana, Employers Can Fire Workers for Being Gay or Trans—and They Do, All the Time
LGBT Americans now have the freedom to marry—but what about freedom from discrimination at work? That’ll take a new movement.
Jul 21, 2015 / Investigation / Tim Murphy
How Hedge and Vulture Funds Have Exploited Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis How Hedge and Vulture Funds Have Exploited Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis
For this island teetering on bankruptcy, debt renegotiation is imminent—but on whose terms?
Jul 21, 2015 / Ed Morales
Serfing the Web: On-Demand Workers Deserve a Place at the Table Serfing the Web: On-Demand Workers Deserve a Place at the Table
Workers’ voices are being excluded from discussions on the future of the “sharing economy.”
Jul 16, 2015 / Trebor Scholz and Frank Pasquale
Scott Walker Thinks Minimum Wage Is a ‘Lame Idea’ Scott Walker Thinks Minimum Wage Is a ‘Lame Idea’
The Republican Party used to back fair wages, but the anti-labor governor of Wisconsin is running against that legacy.
Jul 14, 2015 / John Nichols