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July 15, 2014
The New Republic Editors
Victims of the Machine
June 30, 2014
Moshe Z. Marvit
The Supreme Court Has Created an Impossible Standard for Unions to Meet
The Harris v. Quinn decision may have done irreparable damage to a long-standing precedent
May 14, 2014
Sarah Courteau
Joshua Ferris's New Novel Is as Boring as it Sounds
The author of 'Then We Came to the End' fails to make the NYC Everyman interesting
February 20, 2014
Sean McElwee
Republicans Suddenly Can't Stop Talking About "Mobility"
Too bad GOP policies are undercutting it
February 16, 2014
Richard D. Kahlenberg, Moshe Z. Marvit
Want to Realize the Civil Rights Act's Dream? Apply it to Union Rights, Too.
January 29, 2014
Marc Tracy
College Football Players Are Paid Professionals Who Absolutely Should Unionize
January 13, 2014
Jennifer Kirby
How Does Your State Rank on the Minimum Wage?
January 13, 2014
Nancy L. Cohen
Step Aside, New York City. Los Angeles's Populism Is for Real.
City to consider the highest minimum wage in the country
October 8, 2013
Michael Kinsley
Walmart Can Solve the Inequality Problem. It Starts With Stickers.
September 2, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Los Angeles is the Labor Movement's Great Success Story
August 22, 2013
Michael Kazin
The White Man Whose 'March on Washington' Speech You Should Remember Too
August 2, 2013
Molly Korab
Can Fast-Food Workers Raise Wages With One-Day Strikes?
June 21, 2013
Ryan Kearney
Americans Are Spending All of Their Time Sleeping
June 3, 2013
Lydia DePillis
The Guilt Index: Tag Check
Just how bad you should feel when your new shirt says “made in X”
May 30, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Peabody Energy's Coal Train Has Hauled Health-Care Benefits Away
A judge approves a whole new way to cheat U.S. workers
May 30, 2013
John B. Judis
Documented Flaws
The immigration bill's disturbing fine print
May 13, 2013
Michael Kazin
How Labor Learned to Love Immigration
May 2, 2013
T.A. Frank
How to Make Garment Factories Safer
The disaster in Bangladesh didn't have to happen. Here's what needs to happen next.
April 15, 2013
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Jonathan Cohn
The Hell of American Day Care
An investigation into the barely regulated, unsafe business of looking after our children
Subscribers Only
March 21, 2013
Judith Shulevitz
Sympathy for the Stay-at-Home Mom
An argument about work, life, and the modern calendar

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