India’s New Child-Labor Loophole India’s New Child-Labor Loophole
India’s new child-labor bill is a cause for celebration for the bosses, not children and human-rights advocates.
Aug 15, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Asking for a Friend: Should I Put Up a Black Lives Matter Sign in Our Lily-White Neighborhood? Asking for a Friend: Should I Put Up a Black Lives Matter Sign in Our Lily-White Neighborhood?
And another inquirer could move into the middle class by buying a house—but not without gentrifying.
Aug 12, 2016 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone
Welcome to Sunny Barcelona, Where the Government Is Embracing Coops, Citizen Activism, and Solar Energy Welcome to Sunny Barcelona, Where the Government Is Embracing Coops, Citizen Activism, and Solar Energy
The city that resisted Franco is looking to its radical past to build a progressive future.
Aug 11, 2016 / Cities Rising / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
The Average Black Family Would Need 228 Years to Build the Wealth of a White Family Today The Average Black Family Would Need 228 Years to Build the Wealth of a White Family Today
Just as past public policies created the racial wealth gap, current policy widens it.
Aug 8, 2016 / Joshua Holland
Women Day Laborers Are Tired of Waiting for Work, and for Justice Women Day Laborers Are Tired of Waiting for Work, and for Justice
In Brooklyn, a new study shows that women face an underground labor market fraught with hidden risks.
Aug 5, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Free Trade Is Killing Colombian Labor Activists Free Trade Is Killing Colombian Labor Activists
Workers attempting to exercise their rights have suffered at least 1,466 threats and acts of violence since the trade deal went into effect in 2012.
Aug 1, 2016 / Michelle Chen
The Financial Firm That Cornered the Market on Jails The Financial Firm That Cornered the Market on Jails
Thousands of arrestees a year are forced into get-out-of-jail-broke cards that are loaded up with deceptive fees.
Aug 1, 2016 / Arun Gupta
These Policies Could Move America Toward a Universal Basic Income These Policies Could Move America Toward a Universal Basic Income
Small steps, big benefits.
Aug 1, 2016 / Editorial / Mike Konczal
Elizabeth Warren’s Urgent Plea at the DNC Elizabeth Warren’s Urgent Plea at the DNC
An interview with the Massachusetts senator in Philadelphia.
Jul 28, 2016 / Ari Rabin-Havt
Yes, Temps Can Unionize Too Yes, Temps Can Unionize Too
Temp employees often have a hard time figuring out who their real boss is. A new NLRB ruling takes the guesswork out of that conundrum.
Jul 27, 2016 / Michelle Chen