The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Climate

The Supreme Court Is Gutting the Regulatory State. Let's Look at Our Other Options.

It's time to talk about public ownership.

Thomas M. Hanna

Labor

UK Rail Workers Prepare for Second Round of Strikes

After their bosses responded to last month’s 40,000-strong rail workers’ strike with a “paltry” contract offer, the National Union of Rail, Maritime, and Transport Workers are gearing up for another day of strike action on Wednesday, July 27.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

U.S. Railroad Workers Inch Closer to a Possible National Strike

After Biden appointed an emergency board to help resolve the labor dispute, rail workers warn: “We have the ability to stop the trains from moving.”

Jeff Schuhrke

Viewpoint

Biden’s Presidency Is Sinking Because of Conservative Democrats—Not the Left

Don’t blame progressives for Biden’s failures. It’s the party’s right flank that abandoned the working class.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

FeatureInvestigation

Raising a $1-a-Day Wage Seems Like a No-Brainer. Not to Congress.

Private prisons for immigrants rake in millions a year by paying pennies an hour.

Thomas Ferraro

Viewpoint

After the Fist Bump

The symbolism of Biden's Middle East trip is bad. But the president's actions might be even worse.

Phyllis Bennis

Rest in Power, David Moberg (1943-2022)

David Moberg spent his long, illustrious career covering the labor movement from the perspective of workers.

Don Rose

Feature

"Revolutionary Suicide": On the Horrors of Jonestown

"Dad—I see no way out—I agree with your decision—I fear only that without you the world may not make it to Communism." An excerpt from a letter found on the body of Jim Jones.

David Moberg

Labor

Organizers Look Back on Labor Notes 2022

A whopping 4,000 union workers and activists attended the Labor Notes conference in Chicago this year to share strategies and report on the status of the rising labor movement.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

A Pro-union Worker Asked Amazon for Injury Accommodations. Amazon Fired Her.

The Amazon Labor Union victory at the JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island was historic. But right now, as we speak, Amazon is currently in court trying to throw out the results of that election, and pro-union workers keep getting fired.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Nurses in the U.S. Are Suffering "Moral Injury"

The pandemic and staffing crisis have left healthcare workers with invisible wounds.

Kari Lydersen

Cover StoryInvestigationGoodman Institute

In Small-Town Georgia, A Broken Taillight Can Lead to Spiraling Debt

Reforms to curb predatory private probation haven’t worked.

Nick Barber

Labor

Starbucks Union Files Labor Complaint Claiming Store Closures Are Retaliation

The coffee chain has announced it’s closing 16 stores, including some that have recently unionized. Workers say it’s coercion against labor organizing.

Maxwell Parrott

Labor

America Is Breaking the Bargain It Made For Labor Peace

The right wing is starving the government of its ability to guarantee worker rights. Will we let them get away with it?

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

Forcing People to Work So They Can Get a Child Tax Credit Is a Terrible Idea

Work requirements don’t actually increase employment or reduce poverty. But Republicans and conservative Democrats are pushing them anyway.

Jim Pugh

Labor

The Federal Reserve’s Answer to Inflation Is Class War

The conventional medicine for fighting inflation is to make workers pay. And that is what the Federal Reserve, with Joe Biden’s approval, is planning to do.

Hadas Thier

Culture

An Iranian Artist in Exile Turns Her Camera to the West

Shirin Neshat explores how the government invades our dreams.

Matt A. Hanson

Culture

Frustrated With #GirlBoss Feminism? Look to Eastern European History

In Red Valkyries Kristen Ghodsee interrogates the false promise of liberal feminism.

Brianna Di Monda