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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.
Government

Workers Are Drawing on Labor’s Past to Fight for Their Futures

Previous moments of crisis saw mass strikes, too.
History

Jane Fonda Wants You to Do Something

“You’ll have to kill me. You will never cow me into stopping.” 
History

Dolores Huerta Wants You to Fight for Your Rights

“People who aren't organizing don't have a voice!”
Government

Most Americans Don't Have the Luxury of Preparing for Coronavirus

Working from home? Stockpiling groceries? Yeah, right.
Government

Visiting Rikers Island Is Like Going to Hell and Back

This is what it’s like.
Justice

UCSC Grad Students Are Putting Everything on the Line for a Living Wage

They risk losing their jobs — and some even risk getting deported.
Government

The Women's March Wasn't the Only Early Anti-Trump Demonstration

The J20 protest led the fight against the far-right in early 2017 — and deserves to be remembered.
History

Prohibition Was America’s First War on Drugs

It was a product of xenophobia, racism, and classism.
Government

What the Prison-Abolition Movement Wants

Imagine a world without jails and prisons.
Government

The Fight to Secure Labor Rights for Exploited Prisoners

“It’s time for incarcerated workers to be treated like workers."
Government

Bernie Sanders Shares His Plan for a Working Class Revolution

The 2020 candidate sat down with Teen Vogue.
Justice

Ride-Share Drivers Are Fighting to Make the Gig Economy Fairer

We’ll take health care and the right to unionize, please!
Justice

The Human Cost of a Cheap Manicure

Fed up with poor working conditions, nail salon workers are organizing.
History

Labor Day Is a Government Scam

Even if the holiday wasn’t always intended to be a rip-off, it sure is now.
Music

Vic Mensa Is Painting an Uncomfortable Picture of America

“I had to address that miseducation and decide my own heroes and villains — and that was Assata as the hero and Columbus as the villain.”
History

Appalachia’s Long, Proud Tradition of Labor Militancy

Coal miners in the area known as “Bloody Harlan” are currently blocking trains in a mass protest.
Justice

Female Athletes Are Using Labor Tactics to Try to Get Equal Pay

"Direct action gets the goods."
History

How American Workers Won the Eight-Hour Workday

Next time you clock out of work before dinner, thank your local union member, anarchist, or socialist.
Culture

Meet the Rock Star Who Created A Guide for Protecting Marginalized People at Concerts

War on Women vocalist Shawna Potter shares why she wrote a book to address unsafe music spaces.
History

America's Workplaces Aren't Often Safe for LGBTQ Employees

“Workers’ rights and LGBTQ rights — we can’t have solidarity unless we address all issues."
Environment

Climate Disaster Is a Labor Issue. Here's Why.

Few labor leaders deny that some kind of action needs to be taken, but it’s time to pick up the pace.
Government

Trump's Attack on Home Care Workers Will Also Hurt the Sick and Elderly

Millions of Americans depend on home care workers, the majority of which are women of color, and many of whom are immigrants.
Politics

Hollywood's Labor Force Has Always Had to Fight for Workers' Rights

The Oscars were actually started as a union-busting plot.