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Labor
Major League Baseball Has a Wage Theft Problem
Michael Arria
Feature
A ‘Post-Political’ Labor Movement
Stanley Aronowitz on how the labor movement falters and how it might recover.
David Moberg
Labor
Jimmy John’s Workers Can’t Even Quit Without Worrying About Absurd Noncompete Agreements
Will Craft
Labor
Debut of Politico’s ‘Morning Shift’ Raises Ethical Questions Around IFA Sponsorship
Arun Gupta
Comics
“No Boots” Is Not A Policy
Matt Bors
Labor
The Real World of Reality TV: Worker Exploitation
David Dayen
Viewpoint
The Pandemic We Are Ignoring
A possible cure for hep-C comes at a great cost to the sick.
Terry J. Allen
Labor
Airport Workers Paid $9 an Hour and At Risk of Ebola Go on Strike
Jordan McCurdy
Labor
Facebook Shuttle Drivers Demand a Union—And Some Sleep
Alex Lubben
Feature
Can Climate Change Unite the Left?
To avoid catastrophe, we must seize corporate polluters' wealth. And to do that, we must change everything.
Naomi Klein
Labor
Student Activists Demand Harvard Sever Ties with Teach for America
Marina Fang
Feature
As Ferguson ‘Weekend of Resistance’ Begins, Organizers Weigh How to Turn a Moment into a Movement
With thousands descending on Ferguson today to demand justice for Michael Brown, a creator of #BlackLivesMatter thinks now may be the time to win long-term victories.
Julia Wong
Feature
Big Brother Is Watching You—Through Your Metadata
Your personal information may seem to be anonymous, but it isn't.
David Sirota
Labor
22 States Where Adjunct Faculty Are Organizing for Justice
Joe Berry and Helena Worthen
Feature
Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Isn’t Just the Right Thing to Do—It’s Good Economics
The median net worth of white families is 9.5 times more than Hispanic families and 12 times more than black families. And the gap has scarcely narrowed in half a century.
Solana Rice and Lillian Singh
OverCriminalized: Alternatives to Incarceration?
George Lavender
Feature
Home Care in Crisis
Everyone agrees the answer to the critical shortage of caregivers is good jobs. But how do we get there?
Kathryn Joyce
Labor
Philadelphia Teachers Outraged After Union Contract Canceled by Unelected Reformers
Kevin Solari
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