Labor

Sigmar Gabriel

Germany’s Social Democrats Are Colluding in Greece’s Destruction—and I’m Leaving The Party Germany’s Social Democrats Are Colluding in Greece’s Destruction—and I’m Leaving The Party

Germany’s largest left-of-center party no longer represents left values.

Jul 15, 2015 / Yascha Mounk

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker holds a dollar bill as he announces his 2016 Republican presidential campaign.

Scott Walker Thinks Minimum Wage Is a ‘Lame Idea’ Scott Walker Thinks Minimum Wage Is a ‘Lame Idea’

The Republican Party used to back fair wages, but the anti-labor governor of Wisconsin is running against that legacy.

Jul 14, 2015 / John Nichols

Serena Williams at Wimbledon

Serena Williams Is Today’s Muhammad Ali Serena Williams Is Today’s Muhammad Ali

As a political symbol and an athletic powerhouse, Serena Williams is “the greatest” in her sport.

Jul 14, 2015 / Dave Zirin

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton Puts Paycheck Feminism at the Center of Her Economic Agenda Hillary Clinton Puts Paycheck Feminism at the Center of Her Economic Agenda

Clinton is a politician who believes in pragmatism, and she has come to believe that it is pragmatic to run an explicitly liberal campaign.

Jul 13, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg

LA Street Vendor

Food Cart Vendors Are Getting Kicked to the Curb Food Cart Vendors Are Getting Kicked to the Curb

Street food vendors square off with big business in a David and Goliath feud.

Jul 13, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Scott Walker

Scott Walker Campaigns Against Unions, Wages, and Weekends Scott Walker Campaigns Against Unions, Wages, and Weekends

On the eve of his presidential announcement, the governor signed an anti-worker budget. Now he wants to do to America what he did to Wisconsin.

Jul 13, 2015 / John Nichols

NDWA Rally Protester

What’s Next for the Domestic Workers Movement? What’s Next for the Domestic Workers Movement?

Five years after passing a breakthrough bill of rights, activists are building power and sharpening their legislative strategy.

Jul 13, 2015 / Ai-jen Poo and Andrea Cristina Mercado

Malaysian Mass Grave

Obama Won’t Let Some Mass Graves Stop the TPP Obama Won’t Let Some Mass Graves Stop the TPP

It appears Malaysia will be given a free pass on human trafficking in order to protect the controversial trade deal.

Jul 10, 2015 / George Zornick

Jeb Bush in Detroit

Jeb Bush Wants You to Work Longer Hours Jeb Bush Wants You to Work Longer Hours

His vision for the economy is out of step with reality: The US lacks good jobs, not productive workers.

Jul 10, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Nurses Lifting Patient

If You Could Decrease a Workplace’s Injury Rate by 65 Percent, Would You? If You Could Decrease a Workplace’s Injury Rate by 65 Percent, Would You?

When nurses can’t speak up about unsafe hospital conditions without risking their jobs, both labor and the public lose a powerful potential advocate.

Jul 8, 2015 / Michelle Chen

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