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The Gig Economy Needs Worker-Owned Apps

Platform co-ops could cut out the Silicon Valley middlemen

In These Times Editors

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

A. 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