Labor

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

Supports at Silicon Valley Rising Launch

Meet the Activists Organizing the Tech Sector Against Trump Meet the Activists Organizing the Tech Sector Against Trump

An interview with Maria Noel Fernandez from Silicon Valley Rising.

May 17, 2017 / Ben Tarnoff

Call center workers

The Workers Who Answer Your Customer-Service Calls The Workers Who Answer Your Customer-Service Calls

The worsening conditions at offshore call centers has become a central part of AT&T workers’ fight for workplace justice.

May 16, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Trump Carrier Factory

Donald Trump Is Waging a War on Workers Donald Trump Is Waging a War on Workers

On almost every measure, Trump is making life worse for the working class.

May 12, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

Roger Ailes and Bill O’Reilly

Bill O’Reilly Could Have Been Stopped Years Ago—Here’s How Bill O’Reilly Could Have Been Stopped Years Ago—Here’s How

It’s time to rethink the use of confidentiality agreements in workplace harassment cases.

May 11, 2017 / Terri Gerstein

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