Michelle Chen
Michelle Chen is a contributing writer at The Nation, editor at In These Times and Dissent magazine, and associate editor at CultureStrike. She is also a co-producer of “Asia Pacific Forum” on Pacifica’s WBAI and Dissent‘s “Belabored” podcast. Follow her on Twitter: @meeshellchen.
ALL POSTS BY Michelle Chen
June 6, 2017If states can raise taxes on socially detrimental substances like alcohol and tobacco, they can certainly do the same for greenhouse emissions.
March 16, 2017What kind of child care plan gives the majority of its funding to families making over $100,000 a year?
February 13, 2017They — and the communities into which they’re placed — thrive.
August 1, 2016Online outsourcing comes with costs.
May 31, 2016The New York attorney general’s wage-theft suit could pave the way for unionizing workplaces across different owner-operators.
May 11, 2016Deceptive enrollment contracts harm students and limit their legal rights.
November 9, 2015As the “middle class” hollows out, whites who started life under relatively promising circumstances are finally seeing the floor fall out under them.
February 26, 2015Wal-Mart's raise does deserve some praise, but it's not nearly enough.
February 5, 2015It's not enough for family policy programs to care for kids while their parents are at work. They have to support the families at home, too.
January 21, 2015Working women shouldn't have to worry about job security when raising a family. It's a right that policy makers should implement and protect.
