Labor

Rousseff Lights the Olympic Torch

Are Brazil’s Corruption Scandals Finally Hitting the Olympics? Are Brazil’s Corruption Scandals Finally Hitting the Olympics?

The majority of the members of Brazil’s Congress are under investigation or facing charges. Of course the Olympics are corrupt.

May 6, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Schoolbus

Citizens Are Not Consumers Citizens Are Not Consumers

When education gets outsourced, students lose.

May 6, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Asking for a Friend: How Do I Stop Harassment Without Involving the Police in a Gentrifying Neighborhood?

Asking for a Friend: How Do I Stop Harassment Without Involving the Police in a Gentrifying Neighborhood? Asking for a Friend: How Do I Stop Harassment Without Involving the Police in a Gentrifying Neighborhood?

Plus, a woman’s boyfriend has a tax crisis.

May 5, 2016 / Liza Featherstone

Coal worker leads on tour of old coal facility

Just Because Big Coal Is Collapsing Doesn’t Mean Appalachia Has to Follow Just Because Big Coal Is Collapsing Doesn’t Mean Appalachia Has to Follow

Is an environmentally sustainable economic transition possible?

May 4, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Silicon Valley Rising protesters

$15 an Hour Won’t Help These Workers $15 an Hour Won’t Help These Workers

A higher minimum wage is necessary, but not enough, to lift part-time workers out of poverty.

May 2, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Rana Plaza protest

A Western Company Could Finally Be Held Accountable for the Rana Plaza Disaster A Western Company Could Finally Be Held Accountable for the Rana Plaza Disaster

Three years after the factory collapse in Bangladesh, a Canadian court is hearing a case that could award the victims up to $2 billion in damages.

Apr 29, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Bernie Sanders sign held in front of flag

Bernie Sanders and His Supporters Should Do What the Democratic Party Won’t: Advocate for Candidates of Color Bernie Sanders and His Supporters Should Do What the Democratic Party Won’t: Advocate for Candidates of Color

By focusing on supporting progressive leaders and organizations of color, they could make a mark that lasts long beyond 2016.

Apr 29, 2016 / Steve Phillips

Man reads a tweet to aloud to Sarah Spain

Meet Two Women Tackling Misogyny in Sports Journalism Meet Two Women Tackling Misogyny in Sports Journalism

Sports journalists Sarah Spain and Julie DiCaro asked men to read aloud the misogynistic messages they receive online in order to increase awareness of harassment.

Apr 28, 2016 / Dave Zirin

In the Time It Takes to Read This Article, a Person Will Die at Work in the US

In the Time It Takes to Read This Article, a Person Will Die at Work in the US In the Time It Takes to Read This Article, a Person Will Die at Work in the US

A hundred and fifty people die each day from hazardous working conditions in this country. How many of those are preventable?

Apr 27, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Bernie Sanders

The Lesson for Progressives in Bernie’s Pennsylvania Loss The Lesson for Progressives in Bernie’s Pennsylvania Loss

The primary unmasked once again the very real racial rift in Sanders’s support—and in progressive politics.

Apr 27, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

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