Michelle Chen - In These Times

Michelle Chen is a contributing writer at In These Times and The Nation, a contributing editor at Dissent and a co-producer of the “Belabored” podcast. She studies history at the CUNY Graduate Center. She tweets at @meeshellchen.

Burma’s New Labor Law: Built to Fail or Shifting Toward Democracy?

Food Industry Brings Bitter Harvest to Child Cocoa Laborers

Embarrassment of Riches: Conflict Diamond Regulation Breaks Down

Wal-Mart Circles Indian Markets, and Indians Push Back

Is China’s Economic Miracle Hitting the Fan?

Health Workers Deliver First Aid to Protest Movements

Washington’s Debt Panic and the Real Social Debt in America

Trans-Pacific Trade Deal Opens Eastern Front for Neoliberalism

Measuring Teacher ‘Diversity’ in a Segregated School System

Making Sex Workers Visible in the Village Voice Media Ad Controversy

Tar Sands Protest Shows Unity, Tension in Green-Labor Alliance

Labor Draws New Battle Lines on Iraq and Iran Oil Fields

From Cairo to New York, Which Side Are Police On?

No Country for Old People

America's healthcare crisis hits minority seniors—and things are getting worse.

Will the Arab Spring Leave Migrants Out in the Cold?

Inside World’s Economic Engine, Young China Redefines Class Consciousness

Greece Strikes, the People Rise, Global Economy Teeters

Mine Workers Struggle for Safety Underground, Justice in the Streets

While Washington Dithers, Labor Brings Jobs and Equity Home

Struggling New York School Workers Get Knocked Hard in Budget War

While Wall Street Quakes, Greece’s Fire Still Burns Bright

Georgia’s Anti-Immigrant Politics Overshadow Women’s Struggles

Labor Movement Rolls Into Wall Street Occupation

What Do Students Learn When Cities Refuse to Fairly Treat Their Teachers?

In Anti-Government Politics, “Time-Out” on Regulation versus Shortened Lives

Ten Years On, Sick Ground Zero Workers Still Without Proper Care

Scant Room for Equity in Obama’s Talking Points on Jobs

Georgia’s Celebrated No-Cost Labor Scheme: Cheating the Jobless?

Migrants in Limbo as Libyan Revolution Reaches Endgame

Fixing Schools: A Smart Plan for Jobs

Washington’s Anti-Regulatory Crusade, and Why Your Job Hasn’t Killed You Yet

Target Comes Under Fire Around the World

Police and Thieves: Making Sense of the English Riots

Coalition of Immokalee Workers Brings Farmworker Movement to the Streets

Under New Guidelines, Cheap Birth Control Pays Off for Working Women

Home Health Workers Are Sick of Being Shut Out of Labor Law

In the Wake of Oslo Attacks, a Path Forward for Labor?

How Murdoch’s Empire Suffocates the Craft of Journalism

Through Union Allies, Fiji’s Labor Troubles Ripple Across the Pacific

Abuses in Tech Industry in China Exposed

Embattled Colombian Unionists Rally Against ‘Free Trade’

Rare Victory for Common Sense in Connecticut’s Paid Sick Time Law

States’ Anti-Immigrant Bills Expand the Law-Free Zone

Pesticides and Farm Labor Yield a Bitter Harvest

It’s All Greek to Them: Populist Backlash Ruptures IMF Status Quo

Chinese in Japan Caught in Tide of Exploited Labor

Too Big to Sue? High Court Thwarts Wal-Mart Gender Discrimination Case

Palestinians Link Global and Local in Israel Boycott Campaign

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