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Take Action Now: Protect Each Other During the Pandemic

Take Action Now: Protect Each Other During the Pandemic Take Action Now: Protect Each Other During the Pandemic

Support low-income, incarcerated, homeless, and undocumented people confronting the harshest effects of the crisis.

Mar 17, 2020 / no-paywall / NationAction

Disney Is Not the Greatest Place on Earth to Work

Disney Is Not the Greatest Place on Earth to Work Disney Is Not the Greatest Place on Earth to Work

On the occasion of CEO Robert Iger’s departure, it’s a good time to remember the messed-up ways in which Walt Disney Company makes its money.

Mar 12, 2020 / Peter Dreier

Medical workers striking

‘I Am Willing to Take a Bullet for You. Are You Willing to Go on Strike for Me?’ ‘I Am Willing to Take a Bullet for You. Are You Willing to Go on Strike for Me?’

The government won’t listen. The police keep cracking down. So Hong Kong protesters are trying a new tactic: They’re forming unions.

Mar 12, 2020 / Jun Pang and Nickolas Tang

What Does Work Look Like on a Dying Planet?

What Does Work Look Like on a Dying Planet? What Does Work Look Like on a Dying Planet?

Students, promised a bright and successful future after college, are being fast-tracked into corporate careers, usually without a second thought about the value of their work in a ...

Mar 10, 2020 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

The Weinstein Verdict Means Everything Is Different—and Nothing Is

The Weinstein Verdict Means Everything Is Different—and Nothing Is The Weinstein Verdict Means Everything Is Different—and Nothing Is

It took so much to get this one man. Will his conviction bring justice to other victims of sexual harassment?

Mar 4, 2020 / Bryce Covert

Chris Matthews Is Gone. His Bosses Are Not.

Chris Matthews Is Gone. His Bosses Are Not. Chris Matthews Is Gone. His Bosses Are Not.

The Hardball host might still have a job if MSNBC superiors took earlier offenses seriously.

Mar 3, 2020 / Joan Walsh

A row of gamers concentrating during an esports competition.

E-Sports Are Rife With Exploitation E-Sports Are Rife With Exploitation

The corporate success of competitive gaming obscures the industry’s dark side: a massive underclass of underpaid freelancers.

Feb 26, 2020 / Alexander Lee

Michael Bloomberg

EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Bloomberg Campaign NDA Protects Abusive Bosses EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Bloomberg Campaign NDA Protects Abusive Bosses

The campaign’s nondisclosure agreement could prevent staffers from reporting workplace abuse and discrimination.

Feb 19, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein

Democratic precinct captain holds iPhone with caucus-reporting app

The Iowa Caucus Fiasco Is What Happens When Management Ignores Workers The Iowa Caucus Fiasco Is What Happens When Management Ignores Workers

The managerial class has deluded itself into thinking it can run corporations—even an entire economy—with brainstorming sessions.

Feb 19, 2020 / Justin Joque

Budgets Don’t Lie, but Trump and His Enablers Do

Budgets Don’t Lie, but Trump and His Enablers Do Budgets Don’t Lie, but Trump and His Enablers Do

The Trump administration’s budget proposal, released Monday, lays bare the lies he told during the State of the Union.

Feb 11, 2020 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

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