Inside ITT

Labor

For Union Members, Defeat at Crystal Sugar Anything But Sweet

Mike Elk

Culture

Orange Is the New Black Roundtable, Part 1: Why, Despite Ourselves, We’re Watching

Our panel of experts on how they got sucked into OITNB, and whether the show gets race right.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Labor

Underwire Under Fire: Victoria’s Secret Employees Win $2 Raise

Andrew Elrod

Video

Sarah Jaffe on the Best and Worst of Times for American Workers

Miles Kampf-Lassin

One in 27 Texas Adults Ensnared By The State’s Justice System; Even Prison COs Are Crying Foul

Matt Stroud

Feature

Knights of the Progressive Roundtable

Monthly meetings give members of the public an intimate audience with Congressional representatives.

Pamela Powers Hannley

Feature

On the Road Against Citizens United

Jim Hightower discusses the Keystone pipeline, the Koch brothers and campaign financing.

Laura S. Washington

Feature

America’s 200-Year-Long Battle for Workplace Democracy

Can the National Labor Relations Board defend principles that go back to the nation's founding?

David Moberg

Labor

Labor Day 2013: Things Have Never Looked Worse for Workers—Or Brighter

David Moberg

Labor

Columbus Janitors Won’t Be Taken to the Cleaners

Kari Lydersen

Labor

Dollar Store Caught Nickel-and-Diming Workers; Uber Sued; NFL Gets Off Cheap on Concussions

Mike Elk

Labor

After Largest School Shutdown in History, Spared Schools See Few Financial Benefits

Matthew Blake

Hunger Strike, Day 55: Each Minute ‘Extremely Taxing,’ Say Prisoners; Force-Feeding Feared

George Lavender

Labor

Bullet-proof Jobs: Summer Employment May Help Stem Youth Violence

Michelle Chen

Feature

The 6 Filthiest Facts About the Rich

Unrestrained capitalism has led to an untenable situation.

Paul Buchheit, AlterNet

Labor

Fast Food Strikes Hit a Record 58 Cities, As Campaign’s Tactics Are Debated

Micah Uetricht

Labor

UE Takes the Fight to GE and Wal-Mart—and McDonald’s, Because Why Not?

David Moberg

Feature

College Is the New High School

The post-secondary degree is increasingly a basic necessity, but comes at a luxury price.

David Sirota