Labor

Why Biden May Follow Through on a Bolder Agenda

Why Biden May Follow Through on a Bolder Agenda Why Biden May Follow Through on a Bolder Agenda

Unprecedented times might sway his moderate tendencies.

Jul 28, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

McDonald’s Has a Real Sexual Harassment Problem

McDonald’s Has a Real Sexual Harassment Problem McDonald’s Has a Real Sexual Harassment Problem

Since 2015, scores of women have accused the company of fostering a workplace rife with sexual harassment—and of turning its back when they reported mistreatment.

Jul 28, 2020 / Feature / Bryce Covert

The Pandemic Is Killing Research—So Where Is University Support?

The Pandemic Is Killing Research—So Where Is University Support? The Pandemic Is Killing Research—So Where Is University Support?

“I’m a Covid researcher whose university is abandoning me and my colleagues. And I’m one of the lucky ones.”

Jul 27, 2020 / StudentNation / Ian Schlegel

Agricultural workers

How Covid-19 Is Changing the Way We Work How Covid-19 Is Changing the Way We Work

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed deep and unexamined assumptions about the nature and value of work in the United States.

Jul 24, 2020 / Rebecca Gordon

Women marching with signs

What We Can Learn From Feminist Federal Credit Unions What We Can Learn From Feminist Federal Credit Unions

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, women- and minority-owned businesses are still contending with unequal access to credit.

Jul 23, 2020 / Cecilia Nowell

You’re a Doc, You’ve Got This, but Your Face Shield’s Foggy

You’re a Doc, You’ve Got This, but Your Face Shield’s Foggy You’re a Doc, You’ve Got This, but Your Face Shield’s Foggy

“The will to live—and to help other women live and have access to abortion—kept me going.”

Jul 22, 2020 / Maria Espinoza

Poor People’s Campaign

A New America Is Possible—Now A New America Is Possible—Now

It’s high time to finally end poverty and systemic racism, mitigate climate change, and halt this country’s ever-growing militarism.

Jul 22, 2020 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

Investment in Child Care Can’t Wait until There’s a Coronavirus Vaccine

Investment in Child Care Can’t Wait until There’s a Coronavirus Vaccine Investment in Child Care Can’t Wait until There’s a Coronavirus Vaccine

Building a more inclusive economy demands long-term investment in child care and better pay for child care workers. 

Jul 21, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Two people pose for graduation photos

We Can Reopen Schools if We Make the City the Classroom We Can Reopen Schools if We Make the City the Classroom

Radical education ideas from the 1960s and ’70s can help us safely teach children during a pandemic.

Jul 21, 2020 / StudentNation / Nikhil Goyal

Magical Thinking

Magical Thinking Magical Thinking

Ear buds.

Jul 20, 2020 / OppArt / Melinda Beck

x