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September 20, 2018
Sarah Jones
A Paris Agreement for the Workers of the World
Democrats want to reduce inequality and save the labor movement, but how? One policy organization has an ambitious new proposal.
September 17, 2018
Sarah Jones
The ‘Me Too’ Movement Hits McDonald’s
On Tuesday, employees of the fast-food chain will strike to demand corporate action on sexual harassment.
August 28, 2018
Christopher Mackin
Silicon Valley and the Quest for a Utopian Workplace
How Google, Tesla, and other tech giants could fix the broken relationship between employers and their employees
August 8, 2018
Sarah Jones
Labor unions win the day in Missouri.
July 19, 2018
Sarah Jones
A Moment of Truth for the Labor Movement
A voter referendum on a "right-to-work" law in conservative Missouri will speak volumes about the fate of unions in America.
June 29, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Sorry to Bother You
Is a Brilliant Black Comedy About Race, Labor, and Magic
Lakeith Stanfield stars as a rising telemarketing employee trapped between precarity and ruthless corporate forces.
June 27, 2018
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Take Their Long-Awaited Shot at Unions
Wednesday's ruling in Janus v. AFSCME, Local 31 is a blow to organized labor—and a boon for the Republican Party.
June 13, 2018
Sarah Jones
Lessons From the Gilded Age
America today has a lot in common with that bygone era of monopolies and gross inequality. But will the country respond similarly?
May 24, 2018
Sarah Jones
Trump’s War on Labor Now Includes Teens
By shrinking the regulatory state, the administration is putting young, vulnerable workers at risk.
May 21, 2018
Stephanie Russell-Kraft
The Supreme Court’s War Against Workers
A new ruling establishes a huge hurdle for employees trying to sue their employers.
May 11, 2018
Peter-Christian Aigner
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Michael Brenes
The Long, Tortured History of the Job Guarantee
How liberals, over decades, worked to undermine a proposal that has long enjoyed public support
May 4, 2018
Sarah Jones
Matt Bevin’s Revenge?
In the aftermath of a teacher walkout, the government of Kentucky is moving to take control of the state’s largest school system.
May 1, 2018
Sarah Jones
Columbia’s War On Labor
The elite university's refusal to bargain with a student union could have far-reaching consequences.
May 1, 2018
Rachel Vorona Cote
Volunteers of the Ivory Tower
How academia exploits the labor—and love—of aspiring scholars
April 26, 2018
Sarah Jaffe
The Struggle to Stay Middle Class
How a years-long assault against public workers has created a new solidarity
April 18, 2018
Sarah Jaffe
A True Labor of Love
Why teachers are adopting a more militant politics
April 13, 2018
Sarah Jones
The backlash to the teachers’ strikes has arrived.
April 12, 2018
Win McCormack
Bhagwan’s Bottom Line II
The Rajneesh cult’s wealth depends upon cheap labor.
April 9, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Does Crafting Make People Happier?
Three new books reveal the tangled ethics of the artisanal life.
April 4, 2018
Sarah Jones
How Liberals Learned to Love the Teachers
It wasn't so long ago that teachers' strikes were considered problematic. Then Trump came along.
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