Chicago’s Teachers Are Making History. Again. Chicago’s Teachers Are Making History. Again.
Rank-and-file workers are finally taking back their unions, and strikes are spreading across the country as a result.
Oct 15, 2019 / Jane McAlevey
#MeToo Is a Story of Corruption #MeToo Is a Story of Corruption
The Weinstein investigation ignited a movement because it exposed the vulnerability that millions of working women face.
Oct 15, 2019 / Julie Kohler
Washington’s Struggling Medical Residents Need a Raise Washington’s Struggling Medical Residents Need a Raise
How bullying, depression, debt, and 90-hour weeks pushed members of the University of Washington Housestaff Association to walk out of the job.
Oct 9, 2019 / Jennifer Bernstein
The NBA Is Only ‘Woke’ When It’s Profitable The NBA Is Only ‘Woke’ When It’s Profitable
The NBA sides with their multibillion-dollar business partners over the human rights of demonstrators being gunned down in Hong Kong.
Oct 8, 2019 / Dave Zirin
Trump Is Revving Up the Attack on Workers’ Rights Trump Is Revving Up the Attack on Workers’ Rights
This faux populist is all about enriching corporations and the wealthy at the expense of workers and consumers—but labor is fighting back, and union popularity is at near-record hi...
Sep 24, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky
The Path to Climate Justice Runs Through the UAW Strike The Path to Climate Justice Runs Through the UAW Strike
During Climate Week, why not show we can have economic and environmental justice?
Sep 23, 2019 / Jane McAlevey
Striking GM Workers Deserve Our Support Striking GM Workers Deserve Our Support
Despite the many obstacles and tarnished national UAW leadership, everyone needs the workers in this strike to win.
Sep 16, 2019 / Jane McAlevey
Inside the Carpenters’ Fight for Control of Their Union Inside the Carpenters’ Fight for Control of Their Union
A union co-founded by a socialist has become a bastion of conservatism, but a reform movement is brewing within its ranks.
Sep 13, 2019 / Alex Press
‘Dream Big, Fight Hard’: Ady Barkan Will Inspire You ‘Dream Big, Fight Hard’: Ady Barkan Will Inspire You
The dying activist tells The Nation how he wants to be remembered.
Sep 13, 2019 / Q&A / Christopher Shay
The Meritocracy Is Making Us Miserable The Meritocracy Is Making Us Miserable
Daniel Markovits explains to The Nation how elite education is destroying the middle class and exacerbating inequality.
Sep 12, 2019 / Q&A / Christopher Shay