Labor

Joe Biden speaking at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers construction and maintenance conference

Joe Biden Is a Bad Bet Joe Biden Is a Bad Bet

Far from being the safest choice, Biden lacks the economic vision necessary to counter Trump.

May 10, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

Sara Nelson

Sara Nelson Is Not Afraid to Strike Back Sara Nelson Is Not Afraid to Strike Back

For the president of the Association of Flight Attendants, radical politics starts in the workplace.

May 10, 2019 / Drinks On The Nation / Sarah Jaffe

cyril ramaphosa south africa

Where Did the South African Left Go Wrong? Where Did the South African Left Go Wrong?

The ANC has failed to tackle poverty and inequality—and will win the presidency anyway.

May 6, 2019 / Kenichi Serino

I Can’t Sleep Through All the Honking, and I’m Beeping Mad

I Can’t Sleep Through All the Honking, and I’m Beeping Mad I Can’t Sleep Through All the Honking, and I’m Beeping Mad

Another reader asks how to maintain ties of affection amid leftist infighting.

May 3, 2019 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone

Oklahoma Teacher

It’s Time to Develop a Progressive Education Agenda It’s Time to Develop a Progressive Education Agenda

The failures of the education-reform movement have created an opportunity for the left. We need to seize it.

Apr 29, 2019 / Pedro Noguera

Hedge-Fund Ownership Cost Sears Workers Their Jobs. Now They’re Fighting Back.

Hedge-Fund Ownership Cost Sears Workers Their Jobs. Now They’re Fighting Back. Hedge-Fund Ownership Cost Sears Workers Their Jobs. Now They’re Fighting Back.

Laid-off retail workers are demanding severance, labor protections—and an end to the Wall Street playbook of owning a company while hollowing it out. 

Apr 23, 2019 / Feature / Bryce Covert

Phil Murphy

New Jersey Exposed One of Corporate America’s Favorite Schemes New Jersey Exposed One of Corporate America’s Favorite Schemes

A state investigation revealed how companies use empty threats to pry money from local governments. 

Apr 19, 2019 / Pat Garofalo

Palestinian worker overlooks settlement site

Israel Was Built on the Backs of Palestinian Laborers Israel Was Built on the Backs of Palestinian Laborers

Marginalized Arab workers have always done the physical work of building the Jewish “national home.”

Apr 19, 2019 / Andrew Ross

Forced Arbitration

Harvard Law Students Are Taking on Forced Arbitration Harvard Law Students Are Taking on Forced Arbitration

The little-known legal loophole rigs the game against working people, and this grassroots group of law students are working to combat it.

Apr 15, 2019 / StudentNation / Sejal Singh and Andre Manuel

Bernie Sanders in Miami

Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn Might Create a Revolution Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn Might Create a Revolution

Just as Reagan and Thatcher rose together, perhaps so too will Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn.

Apr 12, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

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