Tourists See a Luxury Hotel. We See Labor History and a City That Protects Workers. Tourists See a Luxury Hotel. We See Labor History and a City That Protects Workers.
New York’s hotel industry was built on labor struggles—and today’s protections show how worker rights and world-class hospitality go hand in hand.
Mar 26, 2026 / Samuel A.A. Levine and Rich Maroko
Do the Owners of MLB Teams Even Like Baseball? Do the Owners of MLB Teams Even Like Baseball?
The failsons and finance brokers who own MLB franchises seem ready to destroy the league to make themselves a little richer—and too many fans may take their side.
Mar 25, 2026 / Matt Kreisher
What We Must Learn From the Revelations About Cesar Chavez What We Must Learn From the Revelations About Cesar Chavez
The sexual predations of the late labor leader follow a depressingly familiar pattern in left organizing circles.
Mar 19, 2026 / Mel Buer
Why Meatpacking Workers, Some Facing Deportation, Voted to Strike Why Meatpacking Workers, Some Facing Deportation, Voted to Strike
The workers at the JBS plant in Greeley, Colorado, voted overwhelmingly for a strike last month.
Mar 11, 2026 / Photo Essay / Mary Anne Andrei
The Underground Movement to Spark Union Organizing From the Inside The Underground Movement to Spark Union Organizing From the Inside
The labor movement is reviving the practice of “salting” to bring unions to huge new industries.
Mar 10, 2026 / Feature / Ella Fanger
The Greatest Love Is Grieving The Greatest Love Is Grieving
I spent years as a labor organizer. Marguerite Duras’s war novel taught me that the strongest fighters are always the women hurting the most.
Mar 7, 2026 / Haley Mlotek
How Brothel Workers in Nevada Just Made Labor History How Brothel Workers in Nevada Just Made Labor History
The courtesans at Sheri’s Ranch were staring down a horrifying new contract. So they did what workers everywhere do: They got organized.
Feb 26, 2026 / Kim Kelly
Zohran Mamdani Is Putting Corporate Sick-Leave Cheats on Notice Zohran Mamdani Is Putting Corporate Sick-Leave Cheats on Notice
The mayor announced that the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection will investigate employers where more than half their workers take no paid time off in a given year.
Feb 24, 2026 / Prajwal Bhat
Is Union Power Growing in Mamdani’s New York? Is Union Power Growing in Mamdani’s New York?
Following the Mamdani administration’s talks with the CUNY faculty union, three professors have returned to class after losing their jobs for their pro-Palestine activism.
Feb 11, 2026 / StudentNation / Mohamad Rimawi
Baristas Are the Brand Baristas Are the Brand
The future of Starbucks depends on its workers.
Jan 28, 2026 / Darrick Hamilton