Ten Years Into the Fight for $15, Workers Are Still Fighting for A Living Wage
Co-published with The Intercept. In Part 2 of “Insecurity,” we meet Eshawney Gaston, a fast-food worker who joins the wave of labor uprisings sweeping the country during …
Working in Their Sleep
Co-published with The New York Review of Books. Meatpacking workers in Arkansas, grieving loved ones lost to Covid and struggling to pay medical bills, are organizing for …
The Culture Workers Go On Strike
Co-published with The New Republic. From the New School to museums and book publishers, we’re witnessing the black-turtleneck-worker uprising.
Ambition Diaries: Does Ambition Even Matter Anymore?
Co-published with Fast Company. On this fourth and final episode of Ambition Diaries, Kate examines is ambition really matters anymore after the pandemic and how we are …
Once Upon a Time, “Waitress” Was a Union Job. Could History Repeat Itself?
Co-published with Slate. There was a time when hospitality industry unions were some of the most powerful and robust labor organizations in the country.
Starbucks Fired Workers for Unionizing, But Workers Are Fighting Back
Co-published with Teen Vogue. In this op-ed, two young fired Starbucks workers talk about fighting to get their jobs back and for the right to organize.
“The Great Resignation” Is a Great Exaggeration
Co-published with The Nation. Workers are quitting their jobs in record numbers, but it’s not a turning point for labor power.
The Poetry of Labor: On Rodrigo Toscano and the Art of Work
Co-published with Literary Hub. Rodrigo Toscano's poetry engages with the world of work, including its impasses and oppressions.
When Big Brother Is Your Boss: The Rise of Surveillance Wages
Co-published with The Nation. Everything the Internet knows about you may end up being used against you by your employer.
How the Taxi Workers Won
Co-published with The Nation. A celebratory look at the 45 days of fierce protest, shrewd organizing, and ferocious solidarity that ended the debt nightmare that had engulfed …
Can Anyone Stop the Uberization of the Economy?
Co-published with New York Magazine. How ride-sharing apps are trying to spread the gig-worker model far and wide.
Be Your Own Boss: More Co-op Businesses Are Returning Workers’ Power
Co-published with Mother Jones and Nonprofit Quarterly. What does it look like when ordinary people are their own bosses?