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  • Whose Rights Matter in Pandemic America?
    February 16, 2021
    | Liz Theoharis

    Not those of poor Americans, that's for sure.

  • Activism
    From Resisting Trump To What?
    February 3, 2017
    | Les Leopold
    Do we have a new vision for America?
  • Inequality
    It’s Time to Talk About the Class Divide Among Women
    December 14, 2016
    | Cara Matteson
    Until women receive the right support from society, women must support one another with their own opportunities.
  • Economy & Work
    The Labor Movement’s May Day Promise
    May 2, 2016
    | Erica Smiley
    Some cast the labor movement as dying or even dead, but even amid attacks on collective bargaining workers are finding innovative ways to organize.
  • Economy & Work
    America's New Working Class Demands Respect
    April 5, 2016
    | Tamara Draut
    In a new book, Tamara Draut tells the story of a new generation of workers that must flex its muscles and insist on being heard.
  • Inequality
    The New War on Poverty
    March 11, 2016
    | Annelise Orleck
    Grassroots organizing and protest has fueled a wave of outrage about policies that crush the poor.
  • Economy & Work
    Nickel and Dimed in 2016
    February 16, 2016
    | Peter Van Buren
    It's been 15 years since Barbara Ehrenreich published her seminal book about what it's like to work for the minimum wage in America. Unfortunately, not much has changed.
  • Inequality
    Pitting Poor Against Poorer in the Fight for Tips
    October 26, 2015
    | Cathy O’Neil
    A change in policy by one group of New York City-based restaurants might, in its small way, be the beginning of a revolution in how we pay service workers in America.
  • On Black Friday, Americans Demand Wal-Mart to Pay Employees a Living Wage
    November 28, 2014
    | Peter Dreier
    Organizers say that at more than 1,600 Wal-Mart stores, shoppers on Black Friday will be greeted by employees protesting the company's abusive labor practices.
  • Victory! Retail Workers Bill of Rights Unanimously Passes First Vote in San Francisco
    November 24, 2014
    | Jonathan Williams
    Retail workers in America's second most unequal city might soon have better working conditions.


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