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August 5, 2021
Esther Wang
The Cuomo Report and the #MeToo “Reckoning” That Never Really Came
In 2017, would-be Cassandras warned about witch hunts and ruined careers. In 168 pages, New York Attorney General Letitia James captured a sexist American work culture that is as poisonous as ever.
July 21, 2021
Timothy Noah
Jeff Bezos, Space Marxist?
The Amazon founder revived the theory of surplus value.
July 9, 2021
Timothy Noah
A Sign That the Labor Shortage Is Vanishing
Republican-led states have reduced unemployment benefits, and workers are quitting their jobs at a nearly pre-pandemic rate.
July 1, 2021
Kate Aronoff
Work Really Sucks When It’s Hot
Workers in the Pacific Northwest have persisted through dangerous conditions this week—a preview of summers to come.
June 30, 2021
Matt Ford
Yes, It’s Still a Conservative Supreme Court
Don’t be fooled by the burst of moderation from the justices this term.
June 25, 2021
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Alex Pareene
Video Games Are a Labor Disaster
Why do game studios keep imploding?
June 23, 2021
Matt Ford
Capital Defeats Labor at the Supreme Court, 6–3
The Roberts court deals a blow to California farmworkers’ ability to organize, in a ruling that may have dire implications for unions and regulators.
June 23, 2021
Timothy Noah
Dismantle the NCAA
As higher education goes broke, expensive sports teams are a luxury that colleges can’t afford.
June 18, 2021
Natalie Shure
Meet the Villain of
In the Heights
: Alexander Hamilton
The protagonist of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s most famous musical helped build the world in which his modern-day heroes are struggling to live.
June 11, 2021
Timothy Noah
We Regret to Inform You That Workers Are Not Suddenly Winning
Wages and job openings are up. Here’s why they won’t stay that way.
May 21, 2021
Timothy Noah
It Shouldn’t Take a Pandemic to Boost Worker Wages
From the Black Death to Covid-19, deadly plagues have a tendency to raise hourly earnings—for the grisliest of reasons.
May 12, 2021
Josh Sklar
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Jacob Silverman
I Was a Facebook Content Moderator. I Quit in Disgust.
Facebook is driving content moderators toward despair through mismanagement, vague policies, and overwork. I’d had enough.
May 6, 2021
Astra Taylor
In Defense of Liberal Conspirators
Our inability to truly conspire is why so many people are struggling today.
April 30, 2021
Luis Feliz Leon
The Labor Battle for the Right to Pee
App delivery workers for DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber Eats, and other tech giants are fighting for a living wage, employment status, and the simple right to pee in privacy.
April 9, 2021
Kate Aronoff
Care Work Is Climate Work
Overhauling the economy to cool the planet will require huge investments in care work. Biden’s infrastructure plan is just the start.
April 6, 2021
Natalie Shure
The Labor-Rights Legislation That Could Make Medicare for All a Reality
The PRO Act will give workers a stronger hand to organize around a bolder political agenda.
April 2, 2021
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Sarah Leonard
How Amazon Exploited a Weakened America
The immense power of Jeff Bezos’s empire reveals a country that has been falling apart for quite some time.
April 2, 2021
Timothy Noah
Repair the Crumbling Infrastructure of the American Labor Movement
Biden’s plan would allocate billions to transportation and manufacturing. But will it also do what’s necessary to build back the country’s unions?
March 31, 2021
Scott W. Stern
A Rust Belt City’s New Working Class
Heavy industry once drove Pittsburgh’s economy. Now health care does—but without the same hard-won benefits.
March 26, 2021
Alex Press
Why Are Freelancers Organizing Against the PRO Act?
Americans for Prosperity and the usual suspects have turned out against the sweeping labor-law reform bill. But they’ve found odd company in a contingent of writers.
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