Labor

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

Urban Meyer on the sidelines

Ohio State Football Coach Urban Meyer Endorses John Kasich in a Greasy Political Payback Ohio State Football Coach Urban Meyer Endorses John Kasich in a Greasy Political Payback

Meyer has done very well in Ohio. His players cannot organize, and his salary is sky-high. This week, he paid back the man who has made it happen.

Mar 11, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Bernie Sanders Wins in Michigan Thanks to Trade Policy

Bernie Sanders Wins in Michigan Thanks to Trade Policy Bernie Sanders Wins in Michigan Thanks to Trade Policy

A senator who is clearly identified with opposition to free-trade deals triumphs in a state that has been particularly hard hit by those pacts.

Mar 9, 2016 / John Nichols

A protester with a bullhorn at a protest in Albany

Democrats and Republicans Are Quietly Planning a Corporate Giveaway—to the Tune of $400 Billion Democrats and Republicans Are Quietly Planning a Corporate Giveaway—to the Tune of $400 Billion

Why isn’t anyone talking about it?

Mar 4, 2016 / William Greider

The Clinton Email Bernie Sanders Should Bring Up in Sunday’s Debate

The Clinton Email Bernie Sanders Should Bring Up in Sunday’s Debate The Clinton Email Bernie Sanders Should Bring Up in Sunday’s Debate

In supporting a free-trade deal with Colombia, she claimed workers there would have better rights than Americans. Does that include being murdered by death squads?

Mar 4, 2016 / Greg Grandin

Read This Before You Sign Any Contract

Read This Before You Sign Any Contract Read This Before You Sign Any Contract

Buried in the legal language of the contracts we all sign for jobs, credit cards, and more are clauses that effectively curtail our constitutional rights.

Mar 2, 2016 / Michelle Chen

fight for 15

Some Good News in the Fight for 15 Some Good News in the Fight for 15

The highest labor board in the country just confirmed fast-food workers right to organize.

Mar 1, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Alliance Educators United

The Struggle to Unionize Within LA’s Biggest Charter Chain The Struggle to Unionize Within LA’s Biggest Charter Chain

And the lengths that Alliance College-Ready Public Schools will go to stop it.

Mar 1, 2016 / George Joseph

Standardized Tests Are a New Glass Ceiling

Standardized Tests Are a New Glass Ceiling Standardized Tests Are a New Glass Ceiling

Women do better in class and worse on tests—and there are consequences.

Mar 1, 2016 / Feature / Andrew Hacker

Crane collapse

Construction Is Dangerous Work Construction Is Dangerous Work

The construction industry accounts for only 4 percent of New York’s jobs but a full fifth of the state’s occupational deaths.

Feb 26, 2016 / Michelle Chen

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