Sarah Jaffe is a writer and reporter living in New Orleans and on the road. She is the author of Work Won’t Love You Back: How Devotion To Our Jobs Keeps Us Exploited, Exhausted, and Alone; Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt, and her latest book is From the Ashes: Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire, all from Bold Type Books. Her journalism covers the politics of power, from the workplace to the streets, and her writing has been published in The Nation, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The New Republic, the New York Review of Books, and many other outlets. She is a columnist at The Progressive and In These Times. She also co-hosts the Belabored podcast, with Michelle Chen, covering today’s labor movement, and Heart Reacts, with Craig Gent, an advice podcast for the collapse of late capitalism. Sarah has been a waitress, a bicycle mechanic, and a social media consultant, cleaned up trash and scooped ice cream and explained Soviet communism to middle schoolers. Journalism pays better than some of these. You can follow her on Twitter @sarahljaffe.

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The Right to Parent, Even If You Are Poor
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The Limitations and Possibilities of Student-Labor Coalitions
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Why Harris and Hobby Lobby Spell Disaster for Working Women
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Andrew Cuomo’s Primary Challenger Has More Than Just a Memorable Name
Zephyr Teachout's background in campaigning, law and education makes her a venerable candidate in the race to become New York's governor.
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Will Cuomo Keep His Promises?
The Working Families Party went out on a limb when it endorsed the conservative Democrat.
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Walmart Moms’ Walkout Starts Friday
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In Upset, Reform Candidate Wins Massachusetts Teachers Association Presidency
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Brooklyn Teachers Strike a Blow Against Excessive Testing with May Day Boycott
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Organizers Come Together To ‘Move from Checkers to Chess’
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Fighting the Big Apple’s Big Inequality Problem
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Post-Occupy, #myNYPD Makes New York’s Blood Boil
As Occupier Cecily McMillan stands trial, the city's 99% rediscovers its anger toward the NYPD.
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The Rise of the Digital Proletariat
Astra Taylor reminds us that the Internet cannot magically produce revolution.
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How 250 UPS Workers Fired for a Wildcat Strike Won Back Their Jobs
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Barbara Ehrenreich on Science vs. Mysticism
In Ehrenreich's new book, she comes out about mystical experiences in her teens. Then she puts them under a microscope.
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Teachers’ Strikes, Catching Fire
From Oregon to Minnesota, school is out unless teachers and communities are heard.
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The End of Jobs?
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The High Stakes of New York’s Heated Charter-School Battle
The fight is much bigger than Andrew Cuomo vs. Bill de Blasio.
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Care Before Profit? Nurses Get Radical in Fight to Save Brooklyn Hospitals
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The Third Party That’s Winning
With new strategies, the Working Families Party is shaking up the two-party system.
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In Nick of Time, Portland Teachers Make Deal to Avert Strike
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New Report: Port Trucking Companies Steal More Than $1 Billion in Wages From Drivers
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Massachusetts Teachers Aim To Knock Down ‘Data Walls’
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Single Payer Rises Again
As the ACA takes effect, an alternative gains ground at the state level.
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How Walmart Organizers Turned the Internet Into a Shop Floor
Walmart workers and organizers prove 'clicktivism' can evolve into offline activism.
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Forever Temp?
Once a bastion of good jobs, manufacturing has gone gaga for temps.
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How Big Banks Shortchange Their Workers
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Black Friday Actions Empower Wal-Mart Workers
Wal-Mart touts a caring culture. Now, its workers are caring for each other by speaking out.
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The Possibilities of Change
Young people continue to organize in the wake of Occupy
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Could Teller Organizing Help Halt Bank Abuses?
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Why Port Truckers Are Striking: 12-Hour Shifts, Noxious Fumes and $12.90 Paychecks
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A Booster Shot for Social Security
The GOP--and some Democrats--want to cut the program. Progressive Dems want to expand it.
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What To Expect When You’re Electing: A New York City Ballot Roundup (Updated)
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Anti-Foreclosure Activists Put BlackRock in a Hard Place
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Whose Recovery?
A year after Hurricane Sandy hit, despite community efforts, marginalized New Yorkers aren't back on their feet.
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16-Hour Shifts, But Not a Real Worker?
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The New Populists
Can Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown revive bank reform?
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How Young Is Too Young for Multiple-Choice Tests? (A) 5 (B) Never
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NYPD Cop Arrested for ‘Biker Riot’ Also Spied on Occupy
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Workers Say Dylan’s Candy Not Such A Sweet Gig
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Strong Enough for a Man, Effective Enough For A Woman
Sen. Gillibrand’s five-point family and economic plan is refreshingly, aggressively pro-worker.
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A Load Off the Minds (And Feet) of Pregnant Workers in NYC
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Workers Take Center Stage in Occupy’s Second Anniversary
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Nurses Taste Victory in Battle That Shook New York Politics
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New York A-Twitter with Reports of Voting Malfunctions
Last year, elections officials blamed Sandy. What's their excuse now?
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The People’s Advocate?
The race in New York for Bill de Blasio's replacement has gotten interesting--because of Letitia James.
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Tipping Is Bad, But ‘No Tips’ Might Be Worse
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Bill de Blasio’s Vision For A More Equal New York
The mayoral hopeful talks about his plan to close the ever-widening gulf between the city's haves and have-nots.
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Overriding Bloomberg’s Vetoes, New York City Council Bans NYPD Racial Profiling
Stop-and-frisk is dealt the second serious blow in as many weeks, and this one may be even more significant.
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