Kim Kelly
Kim Kelly is a freelance journalist and organizer based in Philadelphia. Her work on labor, class, politics, and culture has appeared in the New Republic, the Washington Post, the Baffler, and Esquire, among other publications, and she is the author of FIGHT LIKE HELL, a forthcoming book of intersectional labor history. Follow her on Twitter @grimkim.
Politics
From Minneapolis to “Bread and Roses,” Workers Have Always Fought Back
Times and conditions may change, but the struggle between labor and capital continues.
Politics
The Trump Administration Is Making All of Our Jobs More Dangerous
That’s very bad news in a country where a worker died on the job every 99 minutes in 2023.
Politics
The Horrifying History Behind a Beloved Skin-Care Ingredient
Retin-A was developed through tests on incarcerated people.
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Politics
Trump 2.0 Is Bad News for Workers — Here’s Why
Trump and his cronies want to make it harder for people to unionize.
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Politics
How California Fast Food Workers Won a $20 Minimum Wage
Workers throughout the state have protested and gone on strike.
Politics
Union-Friendly Gifts for the Pro-Labor Person In Your Life
From educational books to rat plushies here are 10 union-friendly for a union-curious friend of coworker.
Politics
The UAW Strike May Have Finally Set Us Up for a General Strike
With UAW’s successful strike, the union’s president Shawn Fain has an idea for a larger labor movement.
Politics
Why Are So Many People Still Injured and Killed at Work?
Our lives are worth so much more than this.
Politics
Why Have We Seen So Many Industrial Disasters This Year?
Including the East Palestine, OH, train derailment and water contamination in Philly.
Justice
A New Kind of Union Wants to Take Hold in the South
The United Southern Service Workers wants to organize low-wage workers across industries.
Politics
What It’s Like to Confront Death At Work Every Day
For funeral directors, gravediggers, and crime-scene cleaners, death is life’s work.
Government
This 1930s Law Still Allows Disabled People to Earn Less Than the Minimum Wage
"People with disabilities should be treated as equal to other people.”
Environment
What Happens When It’s Too Hot to Work?
Millions of people have to work outside during dangerous heat waves.
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Justice
Inside the History of Sex Worker Organizing in the U.S.
The first known sex workers’ rights protest dates back to 1917.
Justice
Why the Book Industry Sucks for Workers
Bookstore and publishing workers are uniting in their demands for better.
History
A Young Chicana Garment Worker Led ‘the Strike of the Century’
Rosa Flores became a literal poster girl for the movement.
History
What Does the Word ‘Radical’ Mean Anyway?
“It’s demanding the impossible and believing we just might get there.”
Justice
What Mother Jones Has to Do With a Miners' Strike in Alabama
The legacy of the “grandmother of all agitators” lives on.
Government
This One Bill Could Transform the U.S. Labor Movement
Passing the PRO Act would change the lives of American workers.