Labor

Workers at Foxconn

Your Phone May Have Been Built by an Intern Your Phone May Have Been Built by an Intern

Factories in China are using cheap intern labor to staff production lines for companies like Foxconn and Honda.

May 31, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Anti-Senate Bill 4 Protest

These Cities Aren’t Waiting for Trump to Self-Destruct. They’re Fighting Back Now. These Cities Aren’t Waiting for Trump to Self-Destruct. They’re Fighting Back Now.

Dispatches from the Urban Resistance, from Los Angeles to El Paso. 

May 31, 2017 / Jimmy Tobias

Christine Pellegrino Win

No, the ‘Resistance’ Isn’t Failing at the Voting Booth. Here’s Where It’s Winning. No, the ‘Resistance’ Isn’t Failing at the Voting Booth. Here’s Where It’s Winning.

The demand for fundamental change sparked by the Sanders insurgency is still building inside and outside the Democratic Party.

May 30, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A group marches through downtown Austin heading to the Texas Capitol during an immigration protest, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017.

How to Join the Fight Against Texas’s Racist Immigration Law How to Join the Fight Against Texas’s Racist Immigration Law

Activists will gather at the Texas State Capitol this Monday—and they’re asking for everyone’s support.

May 26, 2017 / NationAction

Take It From Me, a Delta Employee: Passengers and Workers Are in This Fight Together

Take It From Me, a Delta Employee: Passengers and Workers Are in This Fight Together Take It From Me, a Delta Employee: Passengers and Workers Are in This Fight Together

Overbooked planes, cramped cabins, and poor working conditions all have a common cause: deregulation and the relentless pursuit of profit.

May 25, 2017 / a Delta Air Lines Employee

Missouri students

These Missouri Students Were Suspended for Defending Their Teachers’ Union These Missouri Students Were Suspended for Defending Their Teachers’ Union

The students’ suspensions became a bargaining chip that forced teachers to forgo contract negotiations. But the students want to keep fighting.

May 24, 2017 / StudentNation / Sophie Hurwitz

Why Won’t More American Corporations Support Single-Payer Health Care?

Why Won’t More American Corporations Support Single-Payer Health Care? Why Won’t More American Corporations Support Single-Payer Health Care?

Warren Buffett is rare among CEOs in publicly recognizing the economic benefits of Medicare for All.

May 22, 2017 / Helaine Olen

Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren

How Can Democrats Form an Agenda When Trump Looms Over Everything? How Can Democrats Form an Agenda When Trump Looms Over Everything?

Democrats also need to beef up their foreign-policy analyses. 

May 19, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

Rev. William Barber Moral Mondays

The Rev. William Barber Is Bringing MLK’s Poor People’s Campaign Back to Life The Rev. William Barber Is Bringing MLK’s Poor People’s Campaign Back to Life

Barber is stepping down from his post at the North Carolina NAACP to lead what he calls a “national moral revival.”

May 19, 2017 / Dani McClain

Flint Water Pipeline

It’s Time for the Government to Give Everyone a Job It’s Time for the Government to Give Everyone a Job

A new plan from CAP is a promising first step. 

May 19, 2017 / David Dayen

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