Denver Students Take the Lead as Teachers Strike Denver Students Take the Lead as Teachers Strike
Working-class students of color are mobilizing to support their striking teachers and against privatizing district leaders.
Feb 12, 2019 / StudentNation / Eric Blanc
What Rydell High School Can Teach Us about the LA Teachers Strike What Rydell High School Can Teach Us about the LA Teachers Strike
As teachers in Denver and Oakland head toward their own strikes, it’s worth doubling down on the lessons from LA.
Feb 7, 2019 / Cities Rising / Sarah Jaffe
Trump’s Record-Breaking Shutdown Was Possible Only Because America Doesn’t Protect Working People Trump’s Record-Breaking Shutdown Was Possible Only Because America Doesn’t Protect Working People
In other countries, locking out hundreds of thousands of public servants would lead to strikes. But not here.
Feb 6, 2019 / Joshua Holland
Will Foxconn Steal Wisconsin’s Intellectual Property? Will Foxconn Steal Wisconsin’s Intellectual Property?
Fuzzy contracts and poor transparency could let the company exploit researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Feb 5, 2019 / Nick Bowlin
Economic Nationalism Is Suicide Economic Nationalism Is Suicide
Our inability to think globally pushes us further into a world of growing jingoism and martial confrontation.
Feb 5, 2019 / Jamie Merchant
The Shutdown Taught Us About the Dignity of Work The Shutdown Taught Us About the Dignity of Work
An unanticipated civics lesson, courtesy of President Trump.
Jan 29, 2019 / Harry C. Boyte
What the LA Teachers Won, and How They Won It What the LA Teachers Won, and How They Won It
Through their historic strike, Los Angeles teachers have taught working people across the country how to fight back and win.
Jan 24, 2019 / Eric Blanc
‘This Is Much Bigger Than Us, Than Our Union, Even Than Our City’ ‘This Is Much Bigger Than Us, Than Our Union, Even Than Our City’
How LA’s teachers joined forces with the community and won a landmark labor contract.
Jan 23, 2019 / Cities Rising / Sarah Jaffe
Union Benefits Go Far Beyond the Workplace Union Benefits Go Far Beyond the Workplace
Unions also fortify the social safety net and aid communities on the path to self-sufficiency.
Jan 22, 2019 / Michelle Chen
Should NCAA Football Have a Union? Should NCAA Football Have a Union?
Former Northwestern QB Kain Colter stops by to talk organizing NCAA athletes.
Jan 22, 2019 / Audio / Dave Zirin