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April 28, 2023
No, You Absolutely Do Not Have to Hand It to Tucker Carlson
Contra some of his leftist stans, the ousted Fox News host was not actually anti-war or an economic populist.
Jeet Heer
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April 26, 2023
Pick ’Em: Making Sense of the Free-for-All Primary for Mayor of Philadelphia
For a job the current incumbent seems eager to leave, the contest has drawn a remarkably diverse field of candidates—and no obvious front-runner.
Gene Seymour
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April 24, 2023
There Is No Future for a Labor Movement That Fails to Organize at Amazon
In the 20th century, organizing basic industries like coal, steel, and manufacturing automobiles was key to reviving the labor movement. Today, Amazon workers occupy the same strategic position.
Jonathan Rosenblum
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April 21, 2023
Want to Manufacture Explosives? Soon You Can Hire Teenagers to Do It.
The Iowa state Senate recently ratified a bill that would lower age minimums for workers and reduce liability for companies with unsafe working conditions.
Chris Lehmann
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April 21, 2023
How Reading “The Economist” Helped Me to Stop Worrying About White Supremacy
A recent viral sensation identifies the migration of poor whites as the cause of the problem—letting the rest of us off the hook!
Sarah Taber
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April 19, 2023
Rutgers Strikers Run the Table
Three faculty unions at Rutgers University in New Jersey have shown a way out of the crisis in higher education.
Jonathan David
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April 19, 2023
How Open Bargaining—and Not Letting Management Set the Ground Rules—Led to a Union Victory
In 2017, Kentucky became the most recent “right-to-work” state in the US. Which makes the recent victory by the Amalgamated Transit Union all the more significant.
Jane McAlevey
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April 18, 2023
How Fran Drescher Went From TV Nanny to Union Boss
Drescher was once network TV’s working-class darling—now, as head of SAG-AFTRA, does she have what it takes to marshal the collective power of a deeply divided union?
Piper French
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April 13, 2023
The Brief Death and Miraculous Resurrection of the “Texas Observer”
Progressive media is not a “business.” It’s a labor movement.
Gabriel Arana
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April 13, 2023
Chicago’s Rich Organizing Tradition Paid Off, Delivering Victory for Brandon Johnson
The Windy City’s first movement mayor faces a formidable array of challenges, testing him and the coalition that brought him into office.
Barbara Ransby