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Worker Rights
June 5, 2023
Prem Thakker
A New York Bill Would Make Nail Salons Safer for Workers—if It Passes in Time
Nail salons are notorious for their poor working conditions. A new bill could finally change that.
October 13, 2021
Natalie Shure
Andrew Yang’s Vapid Third-Party Vision
The political gadfly’s latest project, the Forward Party, is designed to leverage buzzwords in the service of cementing his place in the Thought Leader Extended Universe.
January 8, 2021
Megan Evershed
The Tyranny of the Pandemic Office
Why are workers being called back for nonessential work in the middle of a pandemic? Because their bosses can get away with it.
December 21, 2020
Mia Sato
The Empty Ethics of “Shop Small”
As economies crater in the pandemic recession, the call to buy “handmade” local goods has gained new force. It’s not that simple.
December 8, 2020
Nick Martin
North Carolina’s Labor Commissioner Abandons Workers One Last Time on Her Way Out the Door
In response to calls for more regulation, Cherie Berry wrote that Covid-19 was not “proven likely to cause death or serious physical harm from the perspective of an occupational hazard.”
October 13, 2020
J.C. Pan
The Obscenity of Amazon Prime Day in a Pandemic
For warehouse workers, Amazon’s brutal workload has always been dangerous. Covid makes it that much worse.
July 16, 2020
Eric Margolis
Cities Are Becoming Climate Death Traps
A new era of heat waves is here. We aren’t ready.
June 17, 2020
Nick Martin
At-Will Employment Is the Real Cancel Culture
A Supreme Court case and a series of workplace uprisings raise the question: Whose jobs are really protected in this country?
June 16, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
A Glimpse of a Trans Future
A historic Supreme Court ruling arrives in the middle of an uprising for Black trans lives.
May 29, 2020
Timothy Noah
The Trump Administration Has Abandoned Worker Safety at the Worst Moment
Despite the pandemic, OSHA is refusing to enforce a rule that protects employees from fatal hazards.
May 1, 2020
Sarah Jaffe
The Post-Pandemic Future of Work
The current crisis is forcing us to reconsider what it means to have to work to live. It's long overdue.
April 28, 2020
Kim Kelly
The Grim New Relevance of Workers Memorial Day
A holiday dedicated to workers injured or killed on the job takes on a darker resonance as work grows more dangerous in a pandemic.
March 5, 2020
Kim Kelly
The Myth of the Progressive Boss
Cenk Uygur talked a good game about The Young Turks being the premier progressive media outlet. Then his staff tried to unionize.
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