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
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
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
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
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
Trump Is Leveraging Pentagon Spending to Get Reelected Trump Is Leveraging Pentagon Spending to Get Reelected
The president is smudging facts—this time about defense spending—in hopes of a 2020 win.
Feb 11, 2020 / William D. Hartung
We’re California Graduate Students, and We’re Not Taking Poverty Wages Anymore We’re California Graduate Students, and We’re Not Taking Poverty Wages Anymore
It’s time for a wildcat strike.
Feb 10, 2020 / StudentNation / UC Santa Cruz Wildcat Strikers
New York Is Eliminating the Tipped Minimum Wage—Except for Restaurant Workers New York Is Eliminating the Tipped Minimum Wage—Except for Restaurant Workers
For workers who rely on tips, sexual harassment is part of the job. That’s why restaurant workers launched a campaign to end the tipped minimum wage.
Feb 7, 2020 / Bryce Covert
A Witness to the Rise of Big Data A Witness to the Rise of Big Data
Anna Wiener’s Uncanny Valley offers an insider’s look into how Silicon Valley start-ups changed not just our economy but also our culture and politics.
Jan 27, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Kevin Lozano
Mark Pocan Makes the Case That Sanders Is the Electable Candidate Mark Pocan Makes the Case That Sanders Is the Electable Candidate
The Congressional Progressive Caucus cochair says Sanders can win Wisconsin and the other upper Midwest battleground states.
Jan 25, 2020 / John Nichols