Sarah Lahm - In These Times

Sarah Lahm is a Minneapolis-based writer and former English Instructor. She writes the Midwest Dispatch column for the Progressive magazine, and her work has appeared in other local and national outlets.

In Minnesota, the Largest Private-Sector Nurses Strike in U.S. History

Protesting understaffing and low pay, Minnesota nurses hit the picket line in a “fight for our very profession.”

Rural Minnesota Is Getting Less White. Meet the Progressive Women Running to Make the Government Less White, Too.

Immigrants, come to work meatpacking and farm jobs, have rejuvenated Nobles County. These women aim to make sure they're represented.

“Bezos, Our Backs Are Tired”: Amazon Workers Strike on Prime Day

The Trump Administration’s War on Federal Workers

McDonald’s Retreat on Fighting Wage Increases Shows the Tide Is Turning

Pennsylvania Workers Are Waging the Biggest U.S. Manufacturing Strike in the Trump Era

Food Stamps and Rental Assistance Are Now in Jeopardy as Trump’s Government Shutdown Continues

The shutdown’s impact on the poor is about to get a lot worse.

Here’s Why Thousands of Steelworkers Just Voted to Authorize a Strike

On the Disturbing Return of Black Lung

50,000 University of California Workers Are Still on Strike. One Key Reason: Outsourcing.

Arizona Teachers Are Out On the Largest Strike in State History. Here’s Why.

Nearly 5,000 JetBlue Flight Attendants Just Voted To Unionize, in a Major Win for Airline Labor

Here’s Why Teachers Are Prepared to Defy Arizona’s Anti-Strike Laws

An Oakland Coal Terminal Is Officially Stalled—Thanks To a Labor-Environmental Alliance

The Super Bowl Is Taking Over Minneapolis and Residents Are Mad as Hell

How Middle Schoolers Forced Their Administration to Stop Celebrating Indigenous Genocide

Students say their school should not be named after Alexander Ramsey, a historical figure who called for the extermination of Native Americans.

If Education Reformers Are Concerned About a Teacher Shortage, Then Why Are They Attacking Teachers?

Will St. Paul, Minnesota Teachers Soon Be Out on Strike?

After Teachers Expose Racist Phonics Curriculum, Minneapolis Schools Cut Contract

Activists said the reading materials were untested, insensitive and clueless.

Meet the Latest Secret Free-Market Group That Wants to Take Over Your Public School

The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) has been an invisible player in the free-market education reform movement.

Billionaire-Backed Group Spends Unprecedented $290K in Minneapolis School Board Race

Why Are Teach for America and a California Billionaire Investing in a Minnesota School Board Race?