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Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and More Perfect Union. How the shrinking of welfare during Clinton's administration led directly to American fast food’s exploitation of labor.

Co-published with Mother Jones. Last year, Shawn Fain orchestrated a 46-day walkout as more than just a fight for a new contract. He called it a “turning point in the class war.”

Co-published with Mother Jones. Step Up Louisiana is at the forefront of what it means to have a decent job in America.

Co-published with Mother Jones. In New York City, a program is working to create a pathway to union jobs for the formerly incarcerated.

Co-published with Mother Jones. Last year, many workers in the city walked off the job. Thirty years ago, a victory by organized janitors helped set the groundwork.

Co-published with Prism. Four months after the Norfolk Southern East Palestine train derailment, workers and citizens fight against the toxicity of an industry that has cut corners at every turn.

Co-published with New York Focus. Some counties pay social services workers so little, the people who administer benefits end up applying themselves.

Co-published with Dissent Magazine. The strike is back in Britain but the Conservative government is out to crush the unions. What lessons should labor learn from the 1980s?

Co-published with Dissent Magazine. On working-class Los Angeles before and after the civil unrest of 1992—and how structural inequities continue to shape the city’s labor struggles from the classrooms to the docks.

Co-published with Dissent Magazine. The longtime organizer and theorist discusses tactics that unions can use to win major gains at the table and in the contract.

Co-published with Dissent Magazine. Recent news reports have revealed that child labor is not just a historical relic in the United States—and some politicians want to undermine existing regulations, claiming that less oversight is good for business.

Co-published with Grid. Young physicians in training are being squeezed by labor shortages, inflation and long hours.

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