“Michael Arria is the U.S. correspondent for Mondoweiss. Follow him on Twitter: @michaelarria.
Feature
Want to Help Block Trump’s SCOTUS Nominee? Voting Alone Isn’t Enough.
Avoiding conservative dominion over the Supreme Court will require a mass movement of people in the streets as well as an electoral rebuke of Trump.
Michael Arria
Viewpoint
“We Actually Cannot Reform This Department”: A Minneapolis Councilor on the Need to Disband Police
In an interview, Minneapolis Council Member Steve Fletcher explains why his city is moving to dismantle its police department—and what lessons other cities can take.
Michael Arria
Labor
Trump’s NLRB Quietly Makes It Riskier To Wear Union Schwag at Work
Michael Arria
Labor
Why Did Democrats Give Trump a Win on NAFTA 2.0?
Michael Arria
Labor
Over the Last Week, At Least 85,000 Workers Were Out on 13 Different Strikes
Michael Arria
Labor
Trump Is Waging a War On Labor Unions, But You Wouldn’t Know It from CNN’s Dem Debate
Michael Arria
Labor
The Next Wave of Labor Unrest Could Be in Grocery Stores
Michael Arria
Feature
The Democrats’ New Favorite Dog Whistle: Invoking the “Heartland”
Pundits and 2020 hopefuls are using nebulous notions of the Midwest to launder their own prejudice.
Michael Arria
Labor
American Airlines Mechanics Are Threatening the “Bloodiest, Ugliest Battle” in Labor History
Michael Arria
Labor
Will the Teacher Strike Wave Hit Mississippi?
Michael Arria
Labor
The Stop & Shop Strike Is Showing There’s Still Power in a Union
Michael Arria
Labor
Why Workers at the Biggest Grocery Chain in New England Just Authorized a Strike
Michael Arria
Labor
Polar Vortex Shows How Incarcerated Workers Are Bearing the Brunt of Extreme Weather
Michael Arria
Labor
Federal Employees Are Suing the Trump Administration for Forcing Them to Work for Free
Michael Arria
Labor
In Protest of a Confederate Monument, UNC Teaching Assistants Refuse To File Grades
Michael Arria
Labor
Bernie to Walmart: Pay Your Workers $15 an Hour, or Else
Michael Arria
Labor
Voters Overwhelmingly Choose To Raise Wages in Two Red States
Michael Arria
Labor
The Trucking Industry Is a “Sweatshop on Wheels.” Here’s How Kavanaugh Could Make It Worse.
Michael Arria
Feature
The Kavanaugh Debacle Shows How “Never-Trump” Republicans Are Frauds
These Republicans are publicly billing themselves as Trump critics. But when it comes Brett Kavanaugh, they are largely pushing the president's agenda.
Michael Arria
Labor
In Crosshairs of Right-to-Work, Kentucky Bourbon Makers Go On Strike
Michael Arria
Labor
Fast Food Restaurant Says Union Employees Can’t Wear “Abolish ICE” Buttons to Work
Michael Arria
Labor
DC Transit Wanted to Give Special Transport for White Supremacists. This Union Said Hell No.
Michael Arria
Labor
California Says Starbucks Has to Stop Stealing Its Workers’ Wages
Michael Arria
Labor
As the Planet Warms, Can OSHA Protect Workers From Extreme Heat?
Michael Arria
Labor
Tesla Swears It’s a Fair Employer—Yet It’s Trying to Dodge a Law That Protects Workers
Michael Arria
Labor
Boeing Workers in S.C. Have Finally Unionized. But Trump’s Labor Board Could Kibosh It.
Michael Arria
Labor
Police Union Is Lobbying To Expand Powers To Tase People Who Don’t Pose a Threat
Michael Arria
Labor
Prisoners Are Organizing a Nationwide Strike Against “Modern-Day Slavery”
Michael Arria
Labor
Tesla Workers Say Elon Musk is a Union Buster. The NLRB Just Gave Their Case a Boost.
Michael Arria
Labor
Trump Is Making It Harder for Low-Wage Workers to Organize, But This Fast Food Union Could Win
Michael Arria
Labor
Kentucky Teachers Are Protesting and Walking Off the Job to Save Their Pensions—And Winning
Michael Arria
Labor
Prisoners Across Florida Went on Strike. Instead of Fair Wages, They Got Solitary.
Michael Arria
Labor
As Goes West Virginia? Oklahoma’s Rank-and-File Teachers Are Gearing up For a Strike.
Michael Arria
Feature
The FBI Questioned a Black Man About Racist Extremists in Charlottesville—Now He Could Go to Prison
Authorities are arresting and charging anti-racist demonstrators for events connected to the Unite the Right rally, even though it was white supremacists who unleashed violence on the town.
Michael Arria
Labor
West Virginia Teachers Are Staging a Statewide Strike. Here’s Why.
Michael Arria
Labor
Trump’s Hometown Teaches a Lesson in How to Resist His Workplace Immigration Crackdown
Michael Arria
Labor
Here’s How Trump’s Labor Department Quietly Gave Bosses Even More Power Over Their Workers
Michael Arria
Labor
Florida Prisoners Are Preparing to Strike Against Unpaid Labor
Michael Arria
Labor
This Florida Stealth Offensive Against Unions Could Preview GOP Onslaught in 2018
Michael Arria
Labor
The Trump Labor Board Just Made It Harder for Fast-Food Workers to Hold Corporate Bosses Accountable
Michael Arria
Labor
An Affordable Housing Movement Is Rising from the Wreckage of the Foreclosure Crisis
Michael Arria
Labor
Calif. Just Passed Landmark Law to Stop Bosses From Discriminating Against People with Convictions
Michael Arria
Labor
Oklahoma Is Imprisoning So Many People It Can’t Hire Enough Guards To Keep Up
Michael Arria
Labor
This Lawyer Helped Reagan Bust the Air Traffic Controllers Union. Now Trump Wants Him on the NLRB.
Michael Arria
Labor
With All Eyes on DACA, the Trump Administration Is Quietly Killing Overtime Protections
Michael Arria
Labor
Why Defending Workers’ Rights Means Fighting ICE’s Deportation Machine
Michael Arria
Labor
Elon Musk May Be a “Visionary,” But His Vision Doesn’t Seem To Include Unions
Michael Arria
Labor
NPR Workers Just Showed Us Why Journalists Need to Organize
Michael Arria
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