Defense Contractors Are Escorting Us Down the Path to Armageddon Defense Contractors Are Escorting Us Down the Path to Armageddon
It’s hard to think of a system more filthy or rotten than one that threatens to destroy most life on our planet, so that this country could in some fashion “win” World War III.
Dec 19, 2022 / William Astore
One-and-a-Half Cheers for Comrade Josh Hawley One-and-a-Half Cheers for Comrade Josh Hawley
The Missouri Republican’s attack on Biden and corporate Democrats for stopping railway workers from striking was on-target. But if he really wants to get on the workers’ side of hi...
Dec 16, 2022 / Ben Burgis
I’m a Rail Worker, and Biden Screwed Us I’m a Rail Worker, and Biden Screwed Us
We can either deny rail carriers our labor in defiance of long-established laws, or we stand still and keep eating their punches.
Dec 13, 2022 / John Tormey
California Workers Are Standing Up to the Fast-Food Industry’s Attacks on Their Rights California Workers Are Standing Up to the Fast-Food Industry’s Attacks on Their Rights
A decade-long organizing fight shows its power.
Dec 12, 2022 / Michael Tubbs
AI Comes for the Writers AI Comes for the Writers
It's long been assumed that truck drivers' jobs would be first on the chopping block. Not anymore.
Dec 12, 2022 / McCaffrey Blauner
Time to Turn Up the Pressure on the University of California Decision-Makers Time to Turn Up the Pressure on the University of California Decision-Makers
A union member’s view of the biggest strike in the country.
Dec 5, 2022 / StudentNation / Jane McAlevey
After 3 Decades, Yale Graduate Workers Are Finally Unionizing After 3 Decades, Yale Graduate Workers Are Finally Unionizing
It’s been 34 years since grad students at Yale University first tried to organize. Now, these workers are on the cusp of forming a labor union.
Dec 5, 2022 / StudentNation / Yash Roy
On the Wrong Track: Why Biden Abandoned Rail Workers On the Wrong Track: Why Biden Abandoned Rail Workers
The White House has leveraged the power of Congress to ratify the bargaining terms that management wanted. This outcome is as depressing as it is predictable.
Dec 2, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
Why Do So Many International Students Leave the US? Why Do So Many International Students Leave the US?
There are nearly 1 million international students in the United States. Most want to stay in the country after graduation, yet less than half are able to do so.
Dec 2, 2022 / StudentNation / Madeline Armstrong
Senate Democrats Need to Fight Harder Than Marco Rubio for Rail Workers Senate Democrats Need to Fight Harder Than Marco Rubio for Rail Workers
Unless federal intervention to avert a rail strike includes a guarantee of paid sick leave for rail workers, it shouldn’t be approved.
Nov 30, 2022 / John Nichols