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Labor

The Campus Workers Withdrawing Their Consent

A conversation with student and graduate employees about why workers are simultaneously on strike at two universities.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborDispatch

Speed Grocery Delivery Workers Are in a Dangerous Race

A new industry of venture-capital-backed startups claim their workers are fast. Are they faster than regulations?

Maggie Duffy

Viewpoint

Truce or Not, Congress Must Urgently Bring About a Real End to the War on Yemen

Congress needs to pass a War Powers Resolution to end U.S. complicity in the chaos and suffering in Yemen.

Shireen Al-Adeimi

Feature

The U.S. Spent 7.5 Times More on Nuclear Weapons Than Global Vaccine Donations

Since the pandemic started, the United States has prioritized funding for nuclear arms and the military over global vaccines.

Sarah Lazare

LaborFeature

The Nurses Who Wouldn’t Come in From the Cold

How holding out for the common good led to the longest strike of 2021

Aparna Gopalan

Viewpoint

The Troubling Gap Between What’s Offered by Our Social Safety Net and What’s Received

The people most in need often don’t receive public benefits. Here are some ways to fix that.

Jim Pugh, Sean Kline, Teri Olle and Elena Chávez Quezada

FeatureInterview

Why Nina Turner Is Taking on the Establishment Again

On her second run for Congress, the plainspoken progressive is still calling it as she sees it.

Maximillian Alvarez

LaborDispatch

A Hotline Garment Workers Can Call When They Face Harassment on the Job

When women who sew clothes for famous brands are harassed, there is a new place for them to turn.

Ryan Lenora Brown

Dispatch

The Billionaire-Funded Campaign Trying to Recall SF's Progressive DA Chesa Boudin

A Republican billionaire is behind the effort to oust San Francisco's criminal justice reform-minded District Attorney.

Piper French

Labor

Starbucks Keeps Failing at Union-Busting, While Workers Keep Winning

"After being shut out in four union votes this week, Howard Schultz and Starbucks should be embarrassed and should accept reality: Starbucks workers overwhelmingly want a union."

Jake Johnson

Interview

What U.S. Organizers Can Learn From Brazil's Landless Workers Movement

In an interview, Rebecca Tarlau explains that 40 years of struggle by Brazil's landless workers movement offers lessons on engaging the system without being co-opted.

Mark Engler and Paul Engler

Labor

The LGBTQ Rights Group That Helped Launder Amazon’s Image

Human Rights Campaign gave Amazon a perfect score on workplace equality—while Amazon was donating to the organization.

Sarah Lazare

Departments

If You Like the Idea of a 4-Day Workweek, You'll Love the 5-Hour Workday

Some companies are implementing shorter workdays while others are opting for shorter workweeks increasing productivity.

In These Times Editors

Labor

Amazon Workers Defied Conventional Wisdom—And Won a Union

The Amazon Labor Union broke many of the traditional rules of labor organizing, while making history.

Luis Feliz Leon

Rural America

Bad Prison Food Can Cause Health Problems that Linger After Release

Due to unhealthy food, people in prisons and jails experience high rates of diabetes, heart disease, mental health issues and illnesses related to foodborne pathogens.

Lela Nargi

Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Now a Supreme Court Justice—And Progressives Are Thrilled

"At a time when the Supreme Court is preparing to make decisions on reproductive health, climate change, voting rights, and workers' rights, Justice Jackson's perspective has never been more necessary."

Brett Wilkins

Labor

The Incredible, Winding Path of a Working-Class Nurse in Wisconsin

A conversation with long-time artist, activist, and registered nurse Susan Simensky Bietila in Milwaukee.

Maximillian Alvarez

Feature

The Weapons Industry Sees the War in Ukraine as a Goldmine

Arms companies are exploiting Russia's invasion to push a military spending frenzy.

Sarah Lazare