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.

Arizona’s S.B. 1070: Shutting Out Migrants at the Expense of Our Humanity?

This Thanksgiving, Remember the Hand that Feeds You

NYC School Reform, Bloomberg-Style: Taking Care of Business?

For Ground Zero Workers, Fair Settlement May Be Around the Corner

Sex Workers (Try to) Enter the Human Rights Arena (VIDEO)

Poison Apple: iPhone Production Line Tied to Toxics in China

State Ballot Initiatives Ensure Employee Free Choice Act Stays Dead

Zambia Mine Shooting Blights Chinese ‘Development’ in Africa

Recession Ebbs, but Misery Piles on for Families in Poverty

Under Obama’s Reforms, Can We Restore Community to Community College?

The Truth About Civil Servants

The shiftless paperpusher fattened on your tax dollars doesn't really exist.

Foxconn’s Global Empire Reflects a New Breed of Sweatshop

Paycheck Fairness Act Poised to Beef Up Women’s Rights at Work

China ‘Currency War’ Hints at Growing Labor Tensions on Both Sides

Hard Times after Hard Time for the Formerly Incarcerated

Cracks in the American Way, as Labor Stands Strong in Europe

Lawsuit Targets Census for Shutting Doors on Workers of Color

Labor Cultivates Clout in Pot Industry

Not Very Sporting: Worker Exploitation Mars Commonwealth Games in India

Wrestling With Racial Bias, New York Firefighters Resist Reform

By the Numbers, Public Workers Defy Anti-Government Stereotypes

Immigrants Drive Campaign to Unionize L.A. Car Washes

Hate Crimes Are Just One Threat Facing New York City Cabbies

90 Years After Suffrage, Impoverished Mothers Need Another Kind of Equality

Working-Class Rage Erupts Over Proposed Islamic Center Near ‘Ground Zero’

A Deeper Look into Black-White Graduation Gaps

Youth Unemployment Line Circles the Globe

In Summer of Strife, China’s Proletariat Debuts on World Stage

Still ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’: Labor and the Americans with Disabilities Act

A DREAM is a Terrible Thing to Waste: Immigrant Youth and Economic Crisis

Slavery in Our Time

For the first time, the U.S. government acknowledges modern-day slavery in the United States.

Tobacco Giant Philip Morris is Hooked on Child Labor (Video)

Newsflash: What’s Good for Immigration is Good for America

Rebuilding Haiti: The Job Everybody and Nobody Wants

Sojourners in the Holy Land: Israeli Society Wrestles with Migrant Labor

Family Leave Politics Move Toward Workplace Fairness and LGBT Equality

Global Labor Congress Pushes Back Against ‘Austerity’

Driven by Globalization, Today’s Slave Trade Thrives at Home and Abroad

Defending Workers From a Bad Rap: Challenging Criminal Background Checks

As Teachers Struggle with Obama’s Reform Agenda, ‘Merit Pay’ Gets a Demerit

South Africa’s World Cup Brims with Broken Promises

‘The Help’ Gets Its Due: New York Passes Domestic Workers ‘Bill of Rights’

Foxconn Deaths Illuminate Deeper Tragedies in China’s Workforce

Living Wage Fight Revitalized in New York City

Uncritical Thinking: Texas Conservatives Seek to Miseducate Students; Teachers Push Back

Farewell, June Cleaver: ‘Non-Traditional Families’ and Economic Opportunity

Who Gains From ‘Georgia Work$’?

How Weak is the American Power Act?

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