Filipino Workers Are Seizing the Means of Communication in the Fight Against Verizon Filipino Workers Are Seizing the Means of Communication in the Fight Against Verizon
These workers understand that without a strong global labor movement, they’re in an unwinnable race to the bottom.
May 25, 2016 / Michelle Chen
If Students’ Learning Conditions Are Teachers’ Working Conditions, These Students Are in Trouble If Students’ Learning Conditions Are Teachers’ Working Conditions, These Students Are in Trouble
New York City’s public schools are falling behind.
May 23, 2016 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen
Elizabeth Warren Takes On the ‘Gig Economy’ Elizabeth Warren Takes On the ‘Gig Economy’
It’s one of the first serious attempts by Democrats to deal with the new part-time model for work.
May 20, 2016 / George Zornick
Are Brazil’s Corruption Scandals Finally Hitting the Olympics? Are Brazil’s Corruption Scandals Finally Hitting the Olympics?
The majority of the members of Brazil’s Congress are under investigation or facing charges. Of course the Olympics are corrupt.
May 6, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Citizens Are Not Consumers Citizens Are Not Consumers
When education gets outsourced, students lose.
May 6, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Just Because Big Coal Is Collapsing Doesn’t Mean Appalachia Has to Follow Just Because Big Coal Is Collapsing Doesn’t Mean Appalachia Has to Follow
Is an environmentally sustainable economic transition possible?
May 4, 2016 / Michelle Chen
A Western Company Could Finally Be Held Accountable for the Rana Plaza Disaster A Western Company Could Finally Be Held Accountable for the Rana Plaza Disaster
Three years after the factory collapse in Bangladesh, a Canadian court is hearing a case that could award the victims up to $2 billion in damages.
Apr 29, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Meet Two Women Tackling Misogyny in Sports Journalism Meet Two Women Tackling Misogyny in Sports Journalism
Sports journalists Sarah Spain and Julie DiCaro asked men to read aloud the misogynistic messages they receive online in order to increase awareness of harassment.
Apr 28, 2016 / Dave Zirin
In the Time It Takes to Read This Article, a Person Will Die at Work in the US In the Time It Takes to Read This Article, a Person Will Die at Work in the US
A hundred and fifty people die each day from hazardous working conditions in this country. How many of those are preventable?
Apr 27, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Women Won’t Have Equality Until Dads Stay Home Women Won’t Have Equality Until Dads Stay Home
Here’s how it works.
Apr 20, 2016 / Editorial / Bryce Covert