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The Long Road to Union Recognition: Trader Joe’s Workers Press On

The national chain, widely known as “Your Neighborhood Grocery Store,” continues engaging in unfair labor practices and fighting against workers’ unionization.

Maximillian Alvarez

Una Semana Laboral De 32 Horas Es Nuestra Para Tomarla

La lucha por jornadas laborales más cortas puede unir a los trabajadores.

Sarah Jaffe

A 32-Hour Workweek Is Ours for the Taking

The fight for shorter hours can unify workers everywhere.

Sarah Jaffe

If Democrats Want to Win Elections, They Should Bring Back the Covid Welfare State

By many measures, Bidenomics is working great—but most Americans are still down on the economy. That’s in large part because the U.S. government let its temporarily generous social safety net unravel.

Nick French

You Can’t Organize Alone

Political education used to happen in person. We should bring that practice back.

Keisa Reynolds

Les travailleurs de Iowa peuvent-ils affronter le géant de la viande, Tyson?

Les travailleurs essentiels qui ont eu un éveil de conscience pour améliorer leurs conditions de vie pendant la pandémie se battent maintenant pour un syndicat.

Luis Feliz Leon

Can Iowa Meatpacking Workers Take on Tyson?

The essential workers who fought for their lives during the pandemic are now fighting for a union.

Luis Feliz Leon

Los Empacadores de Carne Podrán Enfrentarse a Tyson?

Los trabajadores esenciales que lucharon por sus vidas tras la pandemia ahora están luchando por un sindicato.

Luis Feliz Leon

A 4-Day Work Week Could Be Closer Than You Think

Both workers and employers prefer a shorter working week, according to results of a major new study. The next step is taking it mainstream.

Anna Coote

The COVID Public Health Emergency Declaration Has Ended. The Emergency Isn't Going Anywhere.

1,200 days in, the public health emergency comes to an end. Can the Left fight back?

Artie Vierkant & Beatrice Adler-Bolton

Milton Friedman Set Us Up for a 21st Century Version of Fascism

In 2023, market fundamentalism is fostering authoritarianism—in the United States and abroad.

Joseph Stiglitz

How the Pandemic Changed the Landscape of U.S. Labor Organizing

By banding together to demand justice on the job, essential workers paved the way for a resurgence of labor unrest—and showed how to create a crisis for capitalism.

Jamie K. McCallum

Don’t Trust the Federal Reserve on Inflation

The Fed’s plan to curb inflation rests on punishing working people—when they’re the ones in need of relief.

Max B. Sawicky

The Spectacular Failure of the WTO To Fight Covid

The global body has proven itself unwilling to stand up to the pharmaceutical industry. Here's what it means for the next crisis.

Sarah Lazare

These Are The Workers Who Took on Amazon, and Won

Against all odds, Amazon workers in New York organized a successful union against one of the biggest companies in the world. Here's how.

Luis Feliz Leon

During the Pandemic, Poor Areas Have Had Twice the Death Rates of Rich Ones

A new report shows the U.S. response to the Covid pandemic has been defined by inequity—and poor and low-income communities are bearing the fatal cost.

Shailly Gupta Barnes and Jim Pugh

At Global Covid-19 Summit, Biden's Silence on Pharmaceutical Monopolies Speaks Volumes

The White House appears to have no plans to break Big Pharma's stranglehold on intellectual property for Covid-19 vaccines and treatments.

Sarah Lazare

One Year Ago, Biden Promised to Support Generic Vaccines for the World. That’s Amounted to Nothing.

A conversation with South African public health activist Tian Johnson about outrageous global inequalities in access to Covid vaccines, tests and treatments.

Sarah Lazare