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How to Stop AI From Eating Journalism
Ethical standards can also save a lot of human jobs. → Read More
Stop Cowering Before This Half-Bright Florida Fascist
Ron DeSantis wants to break the unions and make a temporary advantage permanent. → Read More
Strikes Are Stronger Than Laws
There's a simple reason why the government can't win unless you let it. → Read More
10 Predictions For Labor in 2023
AI's menace, institutional failures and a labor movement basking in energy not seen in decades. → Read More
Crypto Predators Wage Class War with a Smile
The cryptocurrency bubble reveals the emperor’s new grift. → Read More
The Good Years May Be Over, and Labor Didn't Get Much
The meager returns of Democratic control of the government remind us that true power comes from organizing workers. → Read More
Workers Don't Win Mergers
The UFCW may be contemplating supporting Kroger's mega-merger. That should give every union member a sinking feeling. → Read More
Independent Unions Are Great—And Proof of Labor's Broken Institutions
The inspiring wave of independent labor organizing also represents the failure of existing unions. → Read More
The Economy Should Serve People. Not Vice Versa.
A simple shift in perspective can eradicate our taste for austerity. → Read More
Damning Report Shows Unions Have Plenty of Money to Organize—They Just Don't Spend It
For the past decade, organized labor has gotten richer even as it watched its membership decline. → Read More
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? → Read More
Radical Is Now Rational
When reality changes, only fools don't change with it. → Read More
The AFL-CIO's Official New Goal: Continued Decline
The union federation's new organizing plan aims low. Very low. → Read More
Don't Let a School Shooting Become a Story About the Police
Guns are the issue. A lot of the political establishment wants you to forget that. → Read More
The Amazon Labor Union Victory Shows That Jurisdiction Is Dead
No more arguing over territory or industries—we need multi-union coalitions capable of organizing on a national scale. → Read More
The Rip-Off Economy Will Save Itself. It Won't Save You.
Squandering our national moment of opportunity at capitalism's casino. → Read More
How to Jujitsu the Culture Wars
It's time to make Republicans regret that they ever posed as anti-elites. → Read More
Legalized Sports Betting Is Class War Against You
The new age of app-based gambling will do for personal finance what Facebook did for public discourse. → Read More
The Billionaire Side Hustle That Inequality Created
An easy income stream is open to anyone who can pay the entry price. (You can't.) → Read More
Happy Birthday Jeff Bezos, You Bum
A cold, angry party for an absent billionaire. → Read More