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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 ‘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 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

When Are Gratuities Gratuitous?

When Are Gratuities Gratuitous? When Are Gratuities Gratuitous?

Another reader asks how to deal with her racist classmates in a largely white high school.

Sep 6, 2019 / Liza Featherstone

What Don’t American Kids Learn in History Class?

What Don’t American Kids Learn in History Class? What Don’t American Kids Learn in History Class?

Some of the strongest evidence that our country needs structural change, that our problems go much deeper than one white nationalist president, lies in history that is rarely taugh...

Sep 5, 2019 / StudentNation / Abe Asher

Take Action Now: Support Workers After Labor Day

Take Action Now: Support Workers After Labor Day Take Action Now: Support Workers After Labor Day

Lend your voice to the struggles of home care workers and food-service workers, then respond to the Odessa shooting.

Sep 4, 2019 / NationAction

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Labor Rights Are Human Rights — It’s Time We Guaranteed Them in the Constitution Labor Rights Are Human Rights — It’s Time We Guaranteed Them in the Constitution

The US used to tell the world that strong unions were a bulwark against fascism. We should take our own advice and enshrine the right to organize.

Sep 2, 2019 / John Nichols

Strike!

Strike! Strike!

Unbreakable human solidarity is what we need, and mass strikes are the strategy to get it.

Sep 2, 2019 / Jane McAlevey

Reviving the General Strike

Reviving the General Strike Reviving the General Strike

Organizers seeking to spark far-reaching work stoppages in the United States can invoke a powerful fact: It has happened before.

Sep 1, 2019 / Mark Engler

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Black Socialists of America Is Putting Anti-Capitalism on the Map Black Socialists of America Is Putting Anti-Capitalism on the Map

Z, the co-founder of BSA, talks with The Nation about building alternatives to capitalism.

Aug 28, 2019 / Q&A / Teddy Ostrow

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