labor
Child Labor Is Still Common in the United States
In 2021 alone, the Department of Labor uncovered 2,819 violations of child labor laws.
By Sophie Hayssen
The Union-Busting Roots of the Oscars
Giving filmmakers and actors awards was a ploy to keep them from organizing.
By Sophie Hayssen
Some Students Are Selling Body Parts to Pay for Their Education
College students are using blood plasma money to pay down their student debt.
By Kathleen McLaughlin
A Brief Timeline of School Segregation in the US
From the end of the Civil War to today
By Jameelah Nasheed
How Do I Navigate Mental Health Issues at Work?
Sometimes your job itself can be the problem.
By Rainesford Stauffer
We Left Our Loved Ones for Promised Jobs That Didn’t Exist
Hemant paid $20,000 for a job that was supposed to grant him a green card.
By Saket Soni
Long COVID Is Keeping So Many Young People Out of Work
It’s hard to do your job when you’re exhausted, in pain, or emotionally depleted.
By Korin Miller
This Radical Reporter Dedicated Her Life to Fighting the System
"I idolized women like Marvel Cooke," Angela Davis tells Teen Vogue.
By Olivia Lapeyrolerie
Should Your Employer Be Able to Stop You From Getting a New Job?
A federal agency is saying absolutely not.
By Terri Gerstein
Working for My Private College Radicalized Me
I realized colleges care about the bottom line above all else.
By Jenny Singer
How the Women of the 9 to 5 Movement Changed History
Influenced by civil rights and the feminist movement, we wanted rights and we wanted respect.
By Ellen Cassedy
Is Unlimited Paid Time Off a Scam?
On paper, it sounds great. In practice, it’s often a different story.
By Rainesford Stauffer
Inside the Longest Adjunct Faculty Strike in US History
New School students are occupying a campus building to bring the university to the bargaining table.
By Lex McMenamin
This Tabletop RPG Raises Money for Unionizing Starbucks Workers
The game “Cosmic Latte” shows that the way to win is to unionize.
By Sam Delgado
University of California Strike May Be Biggest in Higher Ed History
Some strikers say that living on UC wages put them in housing insecurity.
By Lex McMenamin
Teachers Can’t Live on What They’re Earning
“I really think you have to experience it to know.”
By Jacqui Germain
All the Ways That Workers Won in the 2022 Midterms
Several pro-labor ballot initiatives and amendments passed.
By Jacqui Germain
The Dangerous, Invisible Work of Being a Teen Farmworker
As many as 500,000 kids age 17 and younger work in America’s fields.
By Jessica De La Torre