Labor

Yale union action

Yale Is Depriving Graduate Students of Their Rights Yale Is Depriving Graduate Students of Their Rights

The neoliberal university places an emphasis on corporate power rather than free inquiry.

Mar 18, 2016 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen

Debbie Medina

Meet the Democratic Socialist Who’s Running for New York State Senate Meet the Democratic Socialist Who’s Running for New York State Senate

Bernie Sanders isn’t alone: Debbie Medina is in the race for State Senate in New York’s 18th District.

Mar 16, 2016 / Sam Adler-Bell

Los Angeles Rams Owner Wanted Players to Still Be Classified as St. Louis Workers

Los Angeles Rams Owner Wanted Players to Still Be Classified as St. Louis Workers Los Angeles Rams Owner Wanted Players to Still Be Classified as St. Louis Workers

Billionaire Stan Kroenke wished to take his NFL team to California. Yet he missed one thing about Missouri: the labor laws.

Mar 15, 2016 / Dave Zirin

The Media Malpractice That’s Hurting Everyone but Trump

The Media Malpractice That’s Hurting Everyone but Trump The Media Malpractice That’s Hurting Everyone but Trump

It’s time for the media to finally answer Bernie Sanders’s plea and stop favoring the spectacle over “the important issues facing the American people.”

Mar 15, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Picketers

Donald Trump, Expert Negotiator, Refuses to Meet With His Unionizing Workers Donald Trump, Expert Negotiator, Refuses to Meet With His Unionizing Workers

Trump International Hotel Las Vegas employees want him to meet with their union—and he keeps running from them.

Mar 15, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Paul Krugman Raises the White Flag on Trade

Paul Krugman Raises the White Flag on Trade Paul Krugman Raises the White Flag on Trade

The Times columnist made his name by ridiculing critics of globalization. Now he admits that “free-trade” cheerleading was mostly garbage.

Mar 14, 2016 / Naked Democracy / William Greider

Immigration protest

Undocumented Immigrants Contribute Over $11 Billion to Our Economy Each Year Undocumented Immigrants Contribute Over $11 Billion to Our Economy Each Year

The notion that they do nothing but drain public coffers is a myth.

Mar 14, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Trump Rally Protest

Why the Trump Rally in St. Louis Was So Different Why the Trump Rally in St. Louis Was So Different

In a city divided after 17 months of protests since the killing of Mike Brown, the GOP candidate never got more than a few minutes to speak without interruption.

Mar 12, 2016 / Umar Lee

Students protest low wages.

$15 and a Union for Students? Yes $15 and a Union for Students? Yes

A new wave of labor organizing by students, for students, is sweeping the country.

Mar 11, 2016 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Bernie Sanders Rally

Win or Lose, the Sanders Campaign Is Building a Movement in Florida Win or Lose, the Sanders Campaign Is Building a Movement in Florida

When Sanders says this isn’t just about electing a president, he means it. So do his supporters.

Mar 11, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

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