Labor

7 Years on, Sailors Exposed to Fukushima Radiation Seek Their Day in Court

7 Years on, Sailors Exposed to Fukushima Radiation Seek Their Day in Court 7 Years on, Sailors Exposed to Fukushima Radiation Seek Their Day in Court

Special investigation: US military personnel are sick and dying, and want the nuclear plant’s designers and owners to take responsibility.

Mar 9, 2018 / Gregg Levine

WV Teachers Strike

West Virginia Teachers Are Resurrecting the State’s Rich History of Labor Activism West Virginia Teachers Are Resurrecting the State’s Rich History of Labor Activism

But with politicians skirting an overdue reckoning with the energy industry, more struggles are ahead.

Mar 6, 2018 / Elizabeth Catte

Beto O'Rourke Texas

Democratic Party Establishment, It’s Time to Respect Insurgent Progressives Democratic Party Establishment, It’s Time to Respect Insurgent Progressives

Democrats should not revive a doomed strategy of excessive caution and deference to the permanent consultant class.

Mar 6, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Heroin needle preparation

The Left Needs to Care About the Opioid Crisis The Left Needs to Care About the Opioid Crisis

Progressives should learn from the past to respond to the overdose epidemic.

Mar 5, 2018 / Jeremy Saunders

Janus protest supreme court

The Coming Supreme Court Attack on Public-Sector Unions—and What Unions Can Do About It The Coming Supreme Court Attack on Public-Sector Unions—and What Unions Can Do About It

A conversation with author and organizer Jane McAlevey about Janus v. AFSCME and the way forward for labor.

Mar 2, 2018 / Audio / Jon Wiener

#SecureOurFuture

As the Strike Continues, West Virginia Students Stand by Their Teachers As the Strike Continues, West Virginia Students Stand by Their Teachers

The organizers of #SecureOurFuture discuss the teachers’ strike and what they’re doing to support it.

Mar 1, 2018 / StudentNation / Sophie Kasakove

Minimum wage protest

Why Today Is a Sad Milestone for Minimum-Wage Workers Why Today Is a Sad Milestone for Minimum-Wage Workers

It took 41 days for federal minimum-wage workers to catch up to what they made in 2009.

Mar 1, 2018 / George Zornick

Parkland Gun Control

How the Parkland Kids Are Beating the Gun Industry How the Parkland Kids Are Beating the Gun Industry

George Zornick on gun control, Jane McAlevey on unions, and Amy Wilentz on Ivanka, Jared, and Don Jr.

Mar 1, 2018 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Protest against Publix Supermarkets

An Open Letter From the Women Leaders of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to Hollywood’s Time’s Up Movement An Open Letter From the Women Leaders of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to Hollywood’s Time’s Up Movement

Join us and help us show the world that there is a price to pay when a corporation turns its back on women calling for an end to sexual violence.

Feb 28, 2018 / Coalition of Immokalee Workers

cyril ramaphosa south africa

For South Africa’s New President, ‘Black Economic Empowerment’ Is All About Personal Enrichment For South Africa’s New President, ‘Black Economic Empowerment’ Is All About Personal Enrichment

A courageous labor leader during the anti-apartheid struggle, Cyril Ramaphosa is now the face of neoliberal extractivism and worker exploitation.

Feb 27, 2018 / Patrick Bond

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