Jing Fong Couldn’t Survive. Will Manhattan’s Chinatown? Jing Fong Couldn’t Survive. Will Manhattan’s Chinatown?
The pandemic has tipped the scales even further in favor of landlords over workers.
Mar 8, 2021 / Wilfred Chan
Silicon Valley’s Offer of Sectoral Bargaining Is a Trick Silicon Valley’s Offer of Sectoral Bargaining Is a Trick
If national union leaders acquiesce to the creation of a third category of worker in exchange for sectoral bargaining, collective begging will replace collective bargaining.
Mar 3, 2021 / Jane McAlevey
Whistle While You Work? Whistle While You Work?
Not until they raise the minimum wage.
Mar 1, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
The Amazon Workers’ Campaign Shows the Need for Labor Law Reform The Amazon Workers’ Campaign Shows the Need for Labor Law Reform
The organizing drive still underway at a fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala., reveals the many ways current law gives employers far too much power.
Feb 25, 2021 / Lynn Rhinehart
A Defense of Neera Tanden’s Tweets (but Not of Neera Tanden) A Defense of Neera Tanden’s Tweets (but Not of Neera Tanden)
The one thing that the Senate cannot stomach is telling the truth about the Republican Party.
Feb 23, 2021 / David Klion
Karen Lewis Built a Proudly Militant Movement for Public Education Karen Lewis Built a Proudly Militant Movement for Public Education
“Great schools with great teachers is the most important civil right of our generation,” she boldly declared. And she built a movement of believers in that vision.
Feb 15, 2021 / John Nichols
The Case for Blue-State Secession The Case for Blue-State Secession
It’s the only way to ensure democracy and equal justice, not just for blue-state residents but for citizens in all 50 states.
Feb 10, 2021 / Feature / Nathan Newman
Letters From the February 22/March 1, 2021, Issue Letters From the February 22/March 1, 2021, Issue
Overtures to Trump voters… Paging the Surgeon General… Post-progressive aid?… Seeing the work… Appreciating Alterman…
Feb 9, 2021 / Our Readers
First, Nurses Saved Our Lives—Now They’re Saving Our Health Care First, Nurses Saved Our Lives—Now They’re Saving Our Health Care
Throughout the pandemic, nurses have been at the forefront of the fight not only to treat the sick but also to fix our ailing medical system.
Feb 8, 2021 / Feature / Sarah Jaffe
Life and Death in the Poultry Capital of the World Life and Death in the Poultry Capital of the World
Six workers were killed in a chicken plant in Gainesville, Ga. The community is demanding answers.
Feb 1, 2021 / Luis Feliz Leon