Almost 140 Years After the Haymarket Affair, Will Workers Fight for the 4-Day Week? Almost 140 Years After the Haymarket Affair, Will Workers Fight for the 4-Day Week?
In the 1880s, labor leaders believed that the eight-hour day was one of the only demands that could unite all working people. Today, the four-day week could do the same.
May 5, 2025 / StudentNation / Andrew Berka
The Last (Michael) Waltz The Last (Michael) Waltz
We should welcome the humiliation of Trump’s hawkish, neocon national security adviser.
May 2, 2025 / Jeet Heer
A New Golden Age for Labor? Not So Fast A New Golden Age for Labor? Not So Fast
Although there’s been an uptick in labor organizing in recent years, it hasn’t been the “resurgence” that many commentators claim it is.
May 1, 2025 / Benjamin Y. Fong
May Day Is a Day for Strikes May Day Is a Day for Strikes
May Day was never just a celebration, a rally, or a march. It was also a day for workers to show their power. And it can be again.
May 1, 2025 / Shawn Fain
Why Democrats Need an Opposition—and a Proposition—Agenda Why Democrats Need an Opposition—and a Proposition—Agenda
The American people can smell a rat. If we want to be trusted partners, we have to show we are worthy of the trust and be willing to do what it takes to engage, explain and bring ...
Apr 29, 2025 / Rep. Pramila Jayapal
Reclaiming the Democratic Party for Working Families Reclaiming the Democratic Party for Working Families
A call to action.
Apr 25, 2025 / Bruce Raynor and Andy Stern
Shawn Fain for President! Shawn Fain for President!
Centrist Democrats hate the union leader because he puts the working class first.
Apr 18, 2025 / Jeet Heer
The Bitter Taste of Labor Violations The Bitter Taste of Labor Violations
A Trump-aligned company wins a pardon for labor violations in sugar production.
Apr 16, 2025 / Melissa Ditmore
Trump Is Loomering His Own Administration Trump Is Loomering His Own Administration
The ongoing internal witch hunt led by the far-right provocateur is a sign of a GOP crack-up.
Apr 7, 2025 / Jeet Heer
The Unemployment System Is Failing Workers. Barney Oursler’s Here to Help. The Unemployment System Is Failing Workers. Barney Oursler’s Here to Help.
Oursler and his staff at the Mon Valley Unemployment Committee have shown over the past 40 years what it means to really care about workers—on the job and off.
Apr 3, 2025 / Daniel Napsha