Will the Supreme Court Let Florida Drug-Test All Its Government Employees? Will the Supreme Court Let Florida Drug-Test All Its Government Employees?
What does a positive test mean when your economic fate hinges on the result? What kind of “discipline” is maintained by subjugating bodily privacy in the name of “public safety”?
Apr 18, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
What the French E-mail Meme Says About Your American Job What the French E-mail Meme Says About Your American Job
What if we really worked 9 to 5?
Apr 16, 2014 / Editorial / Michelle Chen
Can China’s Workers Get Their Government to Follow Its Own Labor Laws? Can China’s Workers Get Their Government to Follow Its Own Labor Laws?
Could China’s justice system be morphing from an instrument of the authoritarian state into a contested political terrain?
Apr 16, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
Teachers Are Losing Their Jobs, but Teach for America’s Expanding. What’s Wrong With That? Teachers Are Losing Their Jobs, but Teach for America’s Expanding. What’s Wrong With That?
Even the organization’s own recruits are uncomfortable with its explosive growth.
Apr 15, 2014 / Feature / Alexandra Hootnick
Why We Can’t Strip Race Out of the Gender Wage Gap Conversation Why We Can’t Strip Race Out of the Gender Wage Gap Conversation
There’s no objective explanation for why black women make less than white women.
Apr 15, 2014 / Blog / Bryce Covert
A. Philip Randolph Was Right: ‘We Will Need To Continue Demonstrations’ A. Philip Randolph Was Right: ‘We Will Need To Continue Demonstrations’
Why we still need a “Freedom Budget for All Americans.”
Apr 15, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
What the French E-mail Meme Reveals About America’s Runaway Culture of Work What the French E-mail Meme Reveals About America’s Runaway Culture of Work
Do limits on after-hours e-mail reflect French culture’s laziness or American culture’s malaise?
Apr 14, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
Why Do Bosses Want Their Employees’ Salaries to Be Secret? Why Do Bosses Want Their Employees’ Salaries to Be Secret?
The struggle for fair pay isn’t captured in wage statistics; it’s part of a struggle against the asymmetry of knowledge that divides management and labor.
Apr 11, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
Out of the Fields, Onto the Screen: What ‘Cesar Chavez’ Gets Wrong About the Labor Movement Out of the Fields, Onto the Screen: What ‘Cesar Chavez’ Gets Wrong About the Labor Movement
The new film turns decades of organized struggle into the inspiring tale of one man.
Apr 9, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Tim Barker
The NCAA Makes Billions and Student Athletes Get None of It The NCAA Makes Billions and Student Athletes Get None of It
Despite devoting forty to sixty hours per week to their sport most of the year, Division I football players lack basic economic rights under the NCAA’s cartel restrictions.
Apr 9, 2014 / StudentNation / Greg Johnson and StudentNation