David Moberg, a former senior editor of In These Times, was on staff with the magazine from when it began publishing in 1976 until his passing in July 2022. Before joining In These Times, he completed his work for a Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Chicago and worked for Newsweek. He received fellowships from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Nation Institute for research on the new global economy.
David Moberg worked with In These Times from its inception in 1976 until his death in 2022; During that time, he established himself as one of the country’s leading journalists covering the labor movement.
As a senior editor for In These Times, Moberg wrote about new battlefronts for labor, examined the past and present strategy of the labor movement and profiled many labor fights before they were covered in the mainstream media. Additionally, his areas of expertise encompassed globalization and trade, economic policy, national politics, urban affairs, the environment and energy.
Moberg was awarded numerous accolades for his journalism efforts, including the Max Steinbock Award from the International Labor Communications Association, (2003); Forbes MediaGuide 500: A review of the Nation’s Most Important Journalists (1993, 1994), and a Project Censored Award in 1995. He has also received fellowships from organizations such as The Nation Institute (1999-2001) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (1995-1997).
Moberg also wrote for The Nation, The American Prospect, The Progressive, Salon, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun Times, the Chicago Tribune Magazine, the Chicago Reader, Chicago, The New Republic, Dissent, L.A. Weekly, World Policy Journal, Newsday, the Boston Globe, Utne Reader, Mother Jones, and others.
Moberg also contributed to a series of books including: Appeal to Reason: 25 Years of In These Times (Seven Stories, 2002); The Next Agenda (Westview Press, 2001); Which Direction for Organized Labor? (Wayne State University Press, 1999); Not Your Father’s Union Movement (WW Norton & Company Inc., 1998); Can We Put an End to Sweatshops? (Beacon Press, 2001); Making Work Pay: America After Welfare (WW Norton & Company Inc., 2002); The New Chicago (to be released); Encyclopedia of Chicago History (2004), and others.
In addition to his work at In These Times, Moberg taught sociology and anthropology at DePaul University, Roosevelt University, Loyola University, the Illinois Institute of Technology, and Northeastern Illinois University.
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Warehouse Workers File Class-Action Wage Theft Lawsuit
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Labor
Brand-New Nurses Union Aims to Ramp Up Organizing, Push for Single-Payer
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Labor
Unemployment Toll: $1 Trillion in Lost Wages
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Progressives’ Memo To Obama: How To Create Jobs
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Labor
No ‘Turnaround’ in WTO 10 Years Ater Seattle Protests
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Out of Control
Too big to regulate, the banks need to be broken up.
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Labor
Workers, Students Take On University-Funded Hotel Firm
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Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone?
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Labor
Meet Rosie the Nurse, the New Face of Labor
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French ‘Boss-Napping’ Workers Bring Plant-Closing Fight to US
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Labor
5,000 Protest Bank Power, Abuses, as ‘Showdown’ Culminates
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‘Showdown’ Protests Envision ‘New Economy’
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Labor
Trumka Sets AFL-CIO Standard for ‘Real’ Health Reform
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Labor
It’s About Time for a Showdown With the Banks
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Labor
After Right-Wing Attacks, SEIU Cuts Old ACORN Ties
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Labor
NYC Garment Workers: A Rags to Riches to Rags Story
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Labor’s New Leader
The AFL-CIO stakes its future on Richard Trumka.
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Labor
How to Create New Jobs Now—and Why
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Labor
Recession Still Going Strong. Will Congress Act (Again)?
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Labor
How to Stop Leaks of Jobs—and CO2
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Culture
The Retail Devolution
Two new books explore corporate evil.
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Labor
Global Unions Tell G20: Create Jobs, Reduce Inequality
David Moberg
Labor
Are Young Workers Ready for Unions (and Vice Versa)?
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Labor
Taking the Helm, Trumka Calls for ‘New Kind of Labor Movement’
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Labor
Obama Rouses ‘House of Labor,’ as it Endorses Single-Payer
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Labor
Michael Moore Takes on Capitalism Itself
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Labor
A New Road for Tires. A New Model for Trade?
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Labor
Sweeney’s Hopeful Farewell
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For Labor Day: A Tale of ‘The Last Truck’
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Some Good—But Mostly Bad—Job News
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Labor
Bankers & Busboys: Economic Abuse at America’s Extremes
David Moberg
Labor
Young Workers: Worried and Ready for Action
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Labor
How Could Obama Reduce Economic Inequality?
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Labor
Driving a Stake Through a Bad Health Policy’s Heart
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Labor
A Hard-Won Victory—and Another Argument for EFCA
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Labor
Writers Balk at Google’s Proposed Book Deal
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Feature
Not Your Parents’ Labor Movement
Why the Republic sit-in failed to inspire other worker actions.
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Labor
A (Small) Say on (Big) Executive Pay
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Labor
Labor Advocates, Unions Split Over Single Payer
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Labor
Anti-Wage Theft Legislation Introduced
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Labor
Federal Minimum Wage Increases — But Hold the Champagne
David Moberg
Labor
Senate EFCA Compromise Reportedly Cuts ‘Card Check’; Unions Keep up Pressure
David Moberg
Labor
In Mississippi River Town, Scrappy Union Escalates Wells Fargo Fight
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Dispatch
Solidarity Reunited?
Unions rally around shrunken UNITE HERE as it takes on its former ally.
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Feature
Can a Union Divided Stand?
UNITE HERE dissolves in conflict ... with a little help from SEIU.
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Feature
Battling Over Employee Free Choice
The fate of labor’s top legislative priority is in the Senate’s hands.
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Dispatch
Flower Power
Colombian plantation workers are fighting an uphill battle to unionize and secure better working conditions.
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Feature
The Meltdown Goes Global
It is time to rethink capitalism.
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