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September 1, 2017
Sarah Jaffe
Trump Already Has a Wall. It’s the Thin Blue Line.
Police are suppressing the rights of protesters—and that's just the way Trump wants it.
August 24, 2017
Sarah Jones
Breaking news: Unions are still very important.
June 21, 2017
Clio Chang
Travis Kalanick may be gone, but Uber is still a shady company.
June 12, 2017
MagazineMax Rivlin-Nadler
Trump the Union Buster
For graduate students fighting to unionize, time is running out.
February 7, 2017
Emmett Rensin, Lucy Schiller
Republicans Are Set to Destroy Iowa’s Labor Unions
With the GOP now in full control of the state, 40 years of carefully negotiated agreements are about to be erased.
February 6, 2017
Erik Loomis
The Unions Betraying the Left
By embracing Donald Trump, the building trades are selling out the movement for greater equality for all working people.
November 30, 2016
Raymond Hogler
What’s Behind the Decline of American Unions?
Organized labor is getting weaker. The result is Donald Trump.
October 21, 2016
MagazineAlex Shephard
The UFC’s Dirtiest Move Yet: Union Bashing
Can the league's fighters win the same rights as other professional athletes?
March 29, 2016
Meaghan Murphy
Antonin Scalia’s death has already dramatically tilted the Supreme Court to the left.
February 19, 2016
Simon Lazarus
How John Roberts Can Save the Supreme Court
Senate Republicans plan to paralyze the nomination process. Here's a way forward for the chief justice this year.
January 11, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Public sector unions had a very bad day at the Supreme Court.
January 11, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Supreme Court Case That Could Gut Public Sector Unions
A case going to oral arguments today will have implications far beyond that of free speech.
December 17, 2015
Meaghan Murphy
Hillary Clinton is crushing Bernie Sanders in the labor endorsement race by 13 million members.
December 8, 2015
Max Rivlin-Nadler
What Would a Real Freelancer’s Union Look Like?
November 12, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Bernie Sanders just gave Hillary Clinton something to worry about.
September 3, 2015
Suzy Khimm
Forget the $15 Minimum Wage. Here's Why 2016 Really Matters for Workers.
September 1, 2015
Steven Cohen
How Digital Media Unionization Can—and Can’t—Strengthen the Labor Movement
July 13, 2015
Heath W. Carter
The Church of Organized Labor
Scott Walker's evangelical faith and union-busting do not go hand in hand
June 11, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
How Much More Money Would You Make If You Were Unionized?
May 1, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Even Conservative Millennials Support Unions

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