America’s Epidemic of Violence Against Health Care Workers
Last Wednesday, an aggrieved Oklahoma man bought an AR-15-style assault rifle. He paired the weapon with a semiautomatic pistol he had purchased from
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Republicans’ Anti-LGBTQ Conspiracy Theories Are Fueling Far-Right Threats to Pride Celebrations
In the last month, two very different videos, both threatening to confront Pride celebrations with armed protest or “hunting” LGBTQ people and
The Next Recession Will Make Income Inequality a Lot Worse
By nearly every objective measure, the Biden economy is thriving. The unemployment rate is a very low 3.6 percent. Corporate profits were up 25
Even in This Tragic Week, George Floyd Is Still Making a Difference
Two years ago, we witnessed the nine minutes and 26 seconds of torture of George Floyd at the knee of former police officer and convicted murderer
The Fast Food Industry Runs on Wage Theft
Let us now praise fast food workers.At a time when the media paints heroic depictions of well-salaried office employees quitting their jobs to pursue
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Inside LA’s Homeless Industrial Complex
At 17, Gustavo Otzoy emigrated from Guatemala to Los Angeles, where he was held in immigrant detention for nearly three weeks. On his first day free,
Michigan Is Becoming the Ground Zero of Abortion Battles
Back in 2018, before she was the attorney general of Michigan, Dana Nessel was an attorney and activist with a past life in standup comedy. During
Is the Typical CEO Really Worth $15 Million?
If you’re the chief executive officer of an S&P 500 corporation and your compensation last year was less than $14.7 million, you need to think
Public Defenders Are About to Be on the Front Lines for Protecting Abortion Rights
With abortion set to become illegal quickly this summer in as many as 26 states should the Supreme Court finalize the leaked decision to overturn Roe
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Amazon to Managers: Can’t Bust a Union? You’re Fired.
There’s a horrifying scene in Robert Altman’s 1973 adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s The Long Goodbye, in which a ruthless gangster intimidates
Target Workers Are Joining the Union Wave
On Tuesday, a new retail store joined the recent frenzy of union activity: Workers at a Target in Christiansburg, Virginia, filed for a union
You Go to the Labor Ward, and You Are Treated Like Meat
In many ways, the worst has already happened in Poland. In October 2020, the country’s constitutional court, which is closely aligned with the
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The Last Abortion Clinic in Knoxville Draws Patients From Hours Away. What Happens If It Disappears?
Aaron Campbell has known for most of his life that he wanted to be an OB-GYN. When he was 14, in 2005, he dressed up as a doctor for Halloween. It
What Unions Are Doing to Protect American Democracy
With an eye to this November’s elections, Paul Spink—like many union leaders in Wisconsin—plans to do his utmost this year to salvage what’s
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How the Government Helped White Americans Steal Black Farmland
The office of civil rights at the Agriculture Department is located on the third floor of a building named after a white supremacist. The Jamie