These Photos Show the People Who Turn a Cotton Plant Into Your Jeans These Photos Show the People Who Turn a Cotton Plant Into Your Jeans
Following the path of cotton from Burkina Faso to Bangladesh to your local mall.
Dec 12, 2016 / Photo Essay / Meta Krese and Jošt Franko
Just One Example of How Difficult It Is to Make Labor Law Better for Workers Just One Example of How Difficult It Is to Make Labor Law Better for Workers
The Obama administration’s new rules surrounding overtime pay were realistic and sensible. Why did a Texas judge block them?
Dec 9, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is a Full-on Privatization Assault Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is a Full-on Privatization Assault
There’s a much better way to create jobs and rebuild our country’s crumbling infrastructure.
Dec 2, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Elaine Chao, Ruined Department of Labor, Picked to Ensure Safety of Nation’s Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Elaine Chao, Ruined Department of Labor, Picked to Ensure Safety of Nation’s Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Under her leadership, the Department of Labor routinely ignored complaints about wage theft and workplace safety.
Nov 30, 2016 / Spencer Woodman
Taking It to the States Taking It to the States
State and local government is where the next generation of progressive voices will emerge.
Nov 22, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Struggling White Voters Who Helped Elect Trump Are Headed for Some Serious Pain Struggling White Voters Who Helped Elect Trump Are Headed for Some Serious Pain
A lot of low-income voters believed Trump when he promised to make America great. They’re in for a rude awakening.
Nov 22, 2016 / Joshua Holland
12 Coal Miners Died on This Man’s Watch in 2006. Now Trump Wants to Make Him Commerce Secretary. 12 Coal Miners Died on This Man’s Watch in 2006. Now Trump Wants to Make Him Commerce Secretary.
So much for Trump’s supposed commitment to coalfield workers.
Nov 15, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter
Only Socialism Can Defeat Trumpism Only Socialism Can Defeat Trumpism
Millions of ordinary people are ready for an alternative, one pointed to by the success of Bernie Sanders.
Nov 4, 2016 / Nicole Aschoff and Bhaskar Sunkara
The Philippines’ Drug Crackdown Is Creating an Atmosphere of Impunity for Anti-Union Violence The Philippines’ Drug Crackdown Is Creating an Atmosphere of Impunity for Anti-Union Violence
President Rodrigo Duterte’s government was elected on a pro-labor platform, but has so far failed to deliver.
Nov 3, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Harvard Workers Went On Strike and Won—Here’s How They Did It, and How Students Helped Harvard Workers Went On Strike and Won—Here’s How They Did It, and How Students Helped
Solidarity statements and op-eds are important, but direct actions are essential.
Oct 27, 2016 / Collin P. Poirot