Labor Organizing

Chuck Jones

Chuck Jones Is a Better President Than Donald Trump Will Ever Be Chuck Jones Is a Better President Than Donald Trump Will Ever Be

Trump is attacking a steelworkers union leader for calling out Trump’s lies.

Dec 8, 2016 / John Nichols

Sanders Supporters in Prospect Park

The Revolution Will Not Be Staffed: How Big Organizing Can Take Down Trump The Revolution Will Not Be Staffed: How Big Organizing Can Take Down Trump

There are millions of Americans just waiting to be put to work. And there’s a hell of a lot of work to be done.

Nov 30, 2016 / Blog / Becky Bond and Zack Exley

Fight for 15

Why I’m Getting Arrested During Today’s National Day of Disruption Why I’m Getting Arrested During Today’s National Day of Disruption

In the age of Trump, the Fight for $15 offers a rare model of bravery, boldness, and solidarity.

Nov 29, 2016 / Brad Lander

Congressional Progessive Caucus

Taking It to the States Taking It to the States

State and local government is where the next generation of progressive voices will emerge.

Nov 22, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

East Lansing union protest

Workers Don’t Need Trump to Give Them a Voice. They Need Unions. Workers Don’t Need Trump to Give Them a Voice. They Need Unions.

The key to rebuilding the working class is labor organizing, not scapegoating people of color and immigrants.

Nov 18, 2016 / David Madland

Rudy G in Trump T

Rudolph Giuliani Can’t Stand the Constitution Rudolph Giuliani Can’t Stand the Constitution

Remember when he was mayor?  

Nov 17, 2016 / Alex S. Vitale

Economy Ohio

Why Do White Working-Class People Vote Against Their Interests? They Don’t. Why Do White Working-Class People Vote Against Their Interests? They Don’t.

Corporate Democrats have never advanced their interests—and at least Republicans offer a persuasive story about why they are getting screwed.

Nov 17, 2016 / Kirk Noden

How We Can Fight Trump

How We Can Fight Trump How We Can Fight Trump

Progressives must lead the Democratic Party and develop its economic populism.

Nov 15, 2016 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage

How to Make Technology Actually Work for Workers

How to Make Technology Actually Work for Workers How to Make Technology Actually Work for Workers

Rather than speeding offshoring and making workers redundant, technology can be a means of organizing and empowering them.

Nov 15, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Rodrigo Rato Protests

These Spanish Activists Have Taken Punishing Bankers Into Their Own Hands These Spanish Activists Have Taken Punishing Bankers Into Their Own Hands

Their work is a model for citizen action against the architects of financial collapse.

Nov 14, 2016 / Anne Koch

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