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November 20, 2020
J.C. Pan
Hazard Pay Was Just a Brand Exercise
Covid-19 cases are surging, but enhanced compensation for frontline workers has all but dried up. Giants like Walmart and Amazon got the reputation bump; now they’ve moved on.
October 13, 2020
J.C. Pan
The Obscenity of Amazon Prime Day in a Pandemic
For warehouse workers, Amazon’s brutal workload has always been dangerous. Covid makes it that much worse.
September 16, 2020
J.C. Pan
A Diversity of Terrible Bosses
Corporate America’s pledges to make C-suites less white and male don’t mean much for workers. But it keeps coming back to the idea, anyway.
August 7, 2020
J.C. Pan
The Wildly Unequal “Shecession”
The pandemic and recession have disproportionately hit women, but the recovery will be easier for some than others.
August 5, 2020
J.C. Pan
The Pandemic Benefit Seems So Great Because Actual Wages Are Insanely Low
It won’t be enough to simply bring back jobs when people weren't making enough in the first place.
July 8, 2020
Bryce Covert
Kill the Tipped Minimum Wage
Workers were barely getting by before the pandemic, and the situation has only grown more desperate since then.
March 30, 2020
Daniel Boguslaw
Rent Strike Nation
Interest in tenant activism has surged in the face of the coronavirus. Organizers are trying to seize the moment and build a movement.
January 3, 2020
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John Patrick Leary
The Rise of a Hollow Political Catchphrase
Democrats focus on "kitchen-table issues" to avoid being tarnished as overzealous liberals.
September 18, 2019
Nick Martin
GM Workers Strike to Get Back What the Recession Stole
Eleven years ago, the UAW threw General Motors a lifeline. Now, workers wonder if they can trust the union and the company to honor their sacrifice.
September 11, 2019
Isabel Cristo
Fashion Week’s Labor Problem Is Our Labor Problem
The modeling industry has long exploited and abused vulnerable young women. Will they be welcomed in a revived worker movement?
July 18, 2018
Emma Scornavacchi
Democrats roll out their newest midterms slogan: “For the People.”
January 19, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
ISIS fighters are taking a 50 percent pay cut.
June 29, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Rand Paul Somehow Uses the Gay Marriage Ruling to Attack Labor Laws
May 19, 2015
Danny Vinik
Banking Left: How the Center Moved After the Financial Crisis
May 8, 2015
Danny Vinik
Is Something Wrong with the Economy?
The April jobs report is the latest in a series of weak data
May 7, 2015
Danny Vinik
Andrew Cuomo Might Unilaterally Raise the Minimum Wage of Fast Food Workers
May 6, 2015
Danny Vinik
The Bankruptcy of Republican Thought
Democrats have a legitimate economic agenda. The GOP has ... repeal Obamacare?
May 1, 2015
Danny Vinik
Democrats Proposed a $12 Minimum Wage. Is That a Good Idea?
April 14, 2015
Danny Vinik
Low-Wage Workers Deserve Predictable Work Schedules
April 7, 2015
Danny Vinik
Is It Inequality or Mobility? Neither Economists nor GOP Candidates Can Decide.
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