Organized Labor at a Crossroads Organized Labor at a Crossroads
How can unions adapt to a new landscape of work?
Dec 17, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Nelson Lichtenstein
The WNBA Makes More Money Than Ever. What About the Players? The WNBA Makes More Money Than Ever. What About the Players?
WNBA players receive around 10 percent of league revenue, while the NBA gives 51 percent. With their bargaining agreement expiring in January, players want to share in the growth....
Dec 17, 2025 / StudentNation / Amara McEvoy
If Condé Nast Can Illegally Fire Me, No Union Worker Is Safe If Condé Nast Can Illegally Fire Me, No Union Worker Is Safe
The Trump administration is making employers think they can ignore their legal obligations and trample on the rights of workers.
Nov 20, 2025 / Alma Avalle
Federal Whistleblowers Sound an Alarm Over Civil Rights at HUD Federal Whistleblowers Sound an Alarm Over Civil Rights at HUD
Two of the federal workers who filed an emergency complaint about the Department of Housing and Urban Development speak out about the Trump administration’s actions.
Oct 31, 2025 / Q&A / Laura Flanders
Trump Has Handed Coal Miners a “Death Sentence.” But They’re Not Going Without a Fight. Trump Has Handed Coal Miners a “Death Sentence.” But They’re Not Going Without a Fight.
After the government betrayed them by refusing to enforce a crucial workplace health rule, a group of coal miners traveled to DC to put Trump on notice.
Oct 21, 2025 / Kim Kelly
“There Are No Illegal Strikes—Only Unsuccessful Ones”: A Conversation With Sara Nelson “There Are No Illegal Strikes—Only Unsuccessful Ones”: A Conversation With Sara Nelson
The international president of the Association of Flight Attendants explains how labor solidarity can “set the agenda and make things better.”
Sep 1, 2025 / Q&A / Laura Flanders
“They Will Attack Every Organized Worker in America” “They Will Attack Every Organized Worker in America”
Talking to the head of America’s largest union of federal workers about Trump’s assault on his members and all of labor.
Sep 1, 2025 / John Nichols
Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale Belong in the Labor Movement Hall of Fame Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale Belong in the Labor Movement Hall of Fame
In the mid-1960s, the two pitchers inspired major league ballplayers to build a union and challenge the owners’ stranglehold on their lives, pay, and working conditions.
Sep 1, 2025 / Peter Dreier
Trump’s War on Workers Trump’s War on Workers
Buried beneath the bluster is a systematic assault on labor.
Aug 29, 2025 / Robert L. Borosage and Sara Steffens
Trump’s War on Higher Ed Comes to the Bargaining Table Trump’s War on Higher Ed Comes to the Bargaining Table
As two of the nation’s largest private graduate student unions fight for new contracts, their members have been among the most vulnerable to the president’s attacks on universitie...
Aug 21, 2025 / StudentNation / Amann Mahajan