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Labor Movement
February 5, 2024
Scott W. Stern
The Socialist Moment Hasn’t Passed. It’s Yet to Come.
The most promising leaders on the left today are not elected politicians.
March 26, 2021
Luis Feliz Leon
Amazon Union’s Vote Results Are in Soon. What Happens Next?
“It’s not just a hashtag for us. All things are definitely on the table.”
February 8, 2021
Alex Press
The Alabama Town That Could Defeat Jeff Bezos
The Amazon billionaire is trying to crush a unionization effort at a warehouse in Bessemer. But David and Goliath fights are in the town’s DNA.
December 21, 2020
Mia Sato
The Empty Ethics of “Shop Small”
As economies crater in the pandemic recession, the call to buy “handmade” local goods has gained new force. It’s not that simple.
August 5, 2020
Magazine
Kim Kelly
The AFL-CIO’s Untenable Stance on Cops
A power struggle over police unions rattles the heart of the American labor movement.
June 19, 2020
Felipe De La Hoz
America Owes More to Its “Essential” Immigrant Workers
The moral case for legal status is straightforward. The path there is snaking and dotted with pitfalls.
May 22, 2020
Rosana Araujo
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Clio Chang
I Lost My Job Cleaning Houses and Don’t Know Where I Go From Here
When the pandemic hit, my employers told me, “Do not come right now.” No one paid me for those cancellations.
March 5, 2020
Kim Kelly
The Myth of the Progressive Boss
Cenk Uygur talked a good game about The Young Turks being the premier progressive media outlet. Then his staff tried to unionize.
February 6, 2020
Kim Kelly
The Airport Workers Who Starved Themselves in the Super Bowl’s Shadow
Against the opulence of the NFL's biggest night, workers in Miami went on a hunger strike for living wages.
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