
Micah Uetricht is an editor at Jacobin magazine. He is a contributing editor and former associate editor at In These Times, and the author of Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity and coauthor of Bigger Than Bernie: How We Go From the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism, and is currently at work on a book on New Leftists who took jobs in industries like steel and auto to organize on the shop floor.

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Why Walmart, Why Now?
Labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein sheds light on the new surge of Walmart protests.

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Why I Chose to Get Arrested With 174 Occupy Chicago Protesters

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Teachers of Color, Poor Communities Bear Brunt of Layoffs in Chicago
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Rep. Gutierrez: The President Can Stop Deportation of Undocumented Youth

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The Secret Life of Economists
Conflicts of interest throughout the Dismal Science are more common than you know.

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Home Is Where the Fight Is
City Life/Vida Urbana is on the frontlines of the foreclosure crisis.

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Wis. Capitol Protesters Avoid Eviction, Win GOP Lawmaker to Their Side

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Madison Protesters: Collective Bargaining About Workplace Democracy, Not Just Pay, Benefits

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‘Scrappers’ Reveals Tough Lives Cruising Alleys, With Safety Net Made of Metal

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Serving While Sick: Germs Spread by Restaurant Workers’ Lack of Healthcare, Paid Time Off

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Stuff White People Do
How do justice-focused whites fit into the struggle against racism in America?

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Calif. Hotel Walk-Off Strike Continues New Wave of Worker Militancy

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Howard Zinn’s Final Act of Protest
In his last book, the late, great historian—and former bombardier—examines his troubling actions during W.W. II.

Labor
Will Sweatshop Activists’ Big Victory Over Nike Trigger Broader Industry Reforms?

Labor
Around Country, UNITE-HERE Actions Take on Hotel Giant

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This Land Is Our Land
Nativists in Arizona jump-start the immigration reform movement.

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Jim Crow Redux
Is mass incarceration the 'new racial caste system'?

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A Union for the Unemployed? ‘UCubed’ Tries to Organize Jobless in Internet Age

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Workers File Lawsuit, Take Wage Theft Fight to Swank Chicago Restaurant

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Labor’s Last Stand?
A grassroots movement grows after Mexico shuts down a national electric company.

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Grassroots Movement Grows in Mexico, as Unionists Escalate Opposition to Government

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Students Won’t Sweat It
Under fire for alleged union-busting, Russell Athletic is losing university contracts around the country.
College student shot by police during dorm drug raid