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.

Gaza’s Economic Crisis Reflects the Indignity of Occupation

Labor in Palestine: The Work of Resistance Gets a New Push

In Asia, Raising the Wage Floor Toward Global Labor Justice

Workforce Initiatives Put Brakes on Controversial Free Trade Deals—for Now

U.S. Labor Advocates for Bahrain Workers Caught in the Crossfire

On the Border, Obama Pivots on Immigration, Wavers on Real Change

Watchdogs Probe Labor Abuses in China’s Tech Industry

Beyond the Media Radar, Egypt’s Arab Spring Pushes Forth

Government Muzzles Watchdogs, Silences Whistleblowers

Anti-Union Forces Try to Knock Out New York City’s Hard Hats

How the Koch Brothers Celebrate Earth Day

A Year On, BP Oil Still Mars Gulf Communities as Public Scrutiny Dries Up

States’ Shameful Trade-Off: Putting Prisons over Public Schools

Egypt’s Tahrir Square, Revisited: Labor’s Revolution Betrayed?

Anti-Muslim Bias Examined on the Hill, Still Hidden in the Workplace

Will Electric Car Boom Leave Workers and Environment in the Dust?

Do Workers with Criminal Backgrounds Deserve a Second Chance?

Migrant Refugees Swept into Revolutions in Libya and Bahrain

Fukushima’s Nuclear Martyrdom and Occupational Hazards of the Atomic Age

Union Battleground Shifts From Wis. to Ohio—and Ballot Box

State Budget Battles Converge on Prison Labor Force

Gadget Factories Charge Up China’s Labor Activism

The Recession and Nevada’s Brothels: Boom, Bust or Ban?

The Recovery That Wasn’t: Bouncing Back to Lower Standards

Attacks on Journalists Raise Questions for Egyptian Democracy Movement

From Wisconsin to Washington, Budget Cuts Draw Battle Lines Against Public

Tunisian Refugee Crisis a Measure of Unfinished Revolution

Payday Lenders Peddle Toxic Debt in Communities of Color

Bread and Butter Revolution: Egypt’s Workers Mobilize for a New Future

New Labor Vision Emerges in Egypt’s Uprising

Academic Freedom Under Siege at Public University

Pushing Back Against Economic Crisis, Youth Unrest Ripples Around World

On Workers’ Rights, Poor Reviews for Food Service Giant Sodexo

Will Obama’s Campaign Against Red Tape Unravel the Safety Net?

Tumult in Tunisia: Labor Propels Protest

Traffic Jams: Trading Dignity for Protection in Sex Work Debates

Paid Leave Pays Off in California

New Jersey’s Day Laborers: Cheated, Exploited, and Silenced

Drawing Imaginary Lines in the Constitution: the Economics of Citizenship

NYC Snowstorm Reveals Icy Relations Between Albany, Public Workers

Season of Hardship Connects Struggling Workers in Two Worlds

Global Recession Turns Top-Tier Economies Upside Down

Georgia Prison Strike: A Hidden Labor Force Resists

Choosing Fear Over Dreams: Legal Path for Immigrant Students in Limbo

From Cancun to the Green Economy: Labor Weighs Priorities

South Africa Wakes Up to Wal-Mart

Irish Unions Fight Austerity, as Economic Hopes Deflate

On the World Stage, U.S. Falls Flat on Women’s Equality

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