At Labor’s Crossroads At Labor’s Crossroads
Three new books about the SEIU reveal the challenges of organizing in 21st-century America.
Mar 8, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Rich Yeselson
Housekeepers Versus Harvard: Feminism for the Age of Trump Housekeepers Versus Harvard: Feminism for the Age of Trump
A feminism for the 99 percent has been forged by working-class immigrant women who confronted Harvard’s first female president and Sheryl Sandberg.
Mar 8, 2017 / Feature / Sarah Leonard and Rebecca Rojer
How Donald Trump Speaks to Ohio’s Autoworkers How Donald Trump Speaks to Ohio’s Autoworkers
Where coastal elites see a buffoon, many here see a man of action.
Mar 8, 2017 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
For One Separated Couple, Trump’s Updated Muslim Ban Offers No Fixes For One Separated Couple, Trump’s Updated Muslim Ban Offers No Fixes
Basheer Othman still can’t join his wife in the United States.
Mar 7, 2017 / Julianne Hing
We Are Still Winning the Fight for Trans Rights We Are Still Winning the Fight for Trans Rights
The Supreme Court may have declined to hear Gavin Grimm’s case—but history is firmly on his side.
Mar 7, 2017 / Naomi Gordon-Loebl
Betsy DeVos’s Education Agenda Can Be Overturned. This City Shows How. Betsy DeVos’s Education Agenda Can Be Overturned. This City Shows How.
What Philadelphia’s fight against market-driven school “reform” can teach us about resisting attacks on public education.
Mar 7, 2017 / StudentNation / Helen Gym
Get Ready for Trump’s Climate-Denial Offensive Get Ready for Trump’s Climate-Denial Offensive
If Trump continues his assault on common sense about climate change, America is going to lose—and lose big.
Mar 7, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
When Did Solidarity Among Working Women Become a ‘Privilege’? When Did Solidarity Among Working Women Become a ‘Privilege’?
Women who are concern trolling the strike seem most interested in persuading us to work with the Democratic Party.
Mar 7, 2017 / Tithi Bhattacharya and Cinzia Arruzza
The Republican Health-Care Bill Is the Worst of So Many Worlds The Republican Health-Care Bill Is the Worst of So Many Worlds
This attempt to repeal Obamacare fails on every score—except cutting rich people’s taxes.
Mar 7, 2017 / David Dayen
The Promise of Prosperity The Promise of Prosperity
One family’s turn from hope in Poland’s Law and Justice party to disillusionment.
Mar 7, 2017 / Adam Przybyl