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Labor

L.A. Hotel Workers Are On Strike To Stem the City’s Housing Crisis

Hotel workers in Los Angeles endure grueling commutes as housing costs skyrocket. Now, they’re on strike for both fair wages and affordable housing.

David Helps

LaborCulture

Tyler Childers’ New "In Your Love" Video Marries the Joy of Queer Love With the Horrors of Black Lung

Childers' new music video for "In Your Love” is a striking portrait of queer resilience—and coal baron greed.

Kim Kelly

LaborViewpoint

Corporate Greed is a Moral Crisis. Working People Are Fighting Back.

Workers across the country are embracing their power in unprecedented ways. Many hope this “hot labor summer” is just the beginning.

Rosalyn Pelles and William J. Barber II

LaborDispatchThe Socialism Issue

Democratic Socialists Are Fueling a Hot Labor Summer

From strike support to training organizers and supporting union drives, DSA members are helping to build a fighting labor movement.

Indigo Olivier

Henrietta Lacks' Cells Contributed to Breakthrough Medical Advancements. Now, Her Family Will Finally be Compensated.

The news comes after two years of litigation in federal court—on what would have been Lacks' 103rd birthday.

Jessica Calefati

Culture

What Succession Teaches Us About Capitalism

The HBO hit series reminds us capitalism cannot be reformed, it must be destroyed.

Yasmin Nair

LaborViewpoint

A New Idea for New Union Organizing

Unions don't organize enough people. Their structure is the problem.

Hamilton Nolan

Senator Duckworth Took Her Daughters to See Barbie. Because the Theater Wasn't Accessible, She Couldn't Join Them.

“The problem is, we’re always playing defense,” said Senator Duckworth. “We spend more time defending the ADA than we do expanding access.”

Sara Luterman, The 19th

LaborViewpoint

Strikes Are a Tool to Claw Back Control Over Our Lives

This summer, Hollywood writers and actors are out on strike together for the first time in decades. Their demands go beyond wages and benefits—they’re challenging bosses’ authority to unilaterally decide what work looks like.

Nick French