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September 26, 2016
Religion Versus Unions
Some professors at the Jesuit Seattle University have been barred from organizing because their jobs are too religious in nature.
Michelle Chen
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September 21, 2016
Trump’s Terrible, No-Good Solution for Gender Inequality in the Workplace
To center the childcare debate around tax breaks and minimal subsidies is insulting to all working women.
Michelle Chen
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September 16, 2016
The Corporate Democrats of California—and the Progressives Who Are Fighting Them
The so-called “moderates” are doing the bidding of the oil and gas industry, agribusiness, real-estate developers, and a whole host of monied interests.
Jon Wiener
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September 14, 2016
A New Generation of Freedom Fighters Is Taking It to the Streets—and the World
As schools, states, and corporations redraw their borders, young people are launching transnational campaigns to fight back.
Rachel Gilmer, Christopher Lopez, Kerrina Williams, Lorena Buñi and Adrian Bonifacio
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September 14, 2016
Unions Enter the World of Online Charter Schools
The teachers across Agora Cyber Charter’s “virtual classrooms” have won an unlikely organizing victory.
Michelle Chen
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September 9, 2016
A $15 Minimum Wage Would Stop 1.2 Million Households From Going Hungry
Fourteen percent of households are classified as “food insecure.” That has to change.
Michelle Chen
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September 7, 2016
Denver Taxi Drivers Are Turning Uber’s Disruption on Its Head
In the bitter feud between tech firms and the taxi industry, drivers fight back with a killer app of their own: cooperative ownership.
Nathan Schneider
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September 7, 2016
People With Disabilities Aren’t Entitled to the Minimum Wage
Antiquated labor laws treat people with disabilities as second-tier employees.
Michelle Chen
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September 7, 2016
Teachers Are Working for Uber Just to Keep a Foothold in the Middle Class
For the ride-share company, teacher/drivers are both a marketing coup and an exploitable labor force.
Alissa Quart
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September 4, 2016
Classes Start at LIU Brooklyn on September 7—but Faculty Are Locked Out
Amid a contract dispute, the administration barred professors from coming to campus.
Deb Schwartz