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What It’s Like to Confront Death At Work Every Day
For funeral directors, gravediggers, and crime-scene cleaners, death is life’s work.
By Kim Kelly
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.”
By Kim Kelly
Jewher Ilham Is Dismantling The Politics Of Fashion And Forced Labor
The author and advocate shares a powerful and vital message for young consumers concerned about sustainability and ethics
By Karissa Mitchell
What’s Wrong With the Nonprofit Industrial Complex?
Critics say large nonprofits help “control social justice movements.”
By Sophie Hayssen
We Got Fired From Our Jobs At Starbucks For Unionizing
And we’d do it again in a heartbeat.
By Nabretta Hardin and Victoria Tambellini
What to Know About the UK’s ‘Hot Strike Summer’
Some 200,000 workers have gone on strike!
By Rebekka Ayres
In Session: The Teen Vogue Lesson Plan
Our curated story collections can help aid education in and outside the classroom.
By Teen Vogue Staff
A Massive Chevron Refinery Fire Created a Generation of Activists
“It felt apocalyptic, seeing the whole sky turn black.”
By Danielle Renwick
What Happens When It’s Too Hot to Work?
Millions of people have to work outside during dangerous heat waves.
By Kim Kelly
Why We Should Have Paid Menstrual Leave
“I have passed out at work due to the pain.”
By Sara Youngblood Gregory
Some Young People Feel Like They’re Missing Out on Office Life
"You don’t really feel like you’re part of the culture.”
By Taylor Trudon
Young Workers Are Bridging the Climate and Labor Movements
"We don’t have to trade off the environment for good jobs."
By Leanna First-Arai
When Is It Time to Quit Your Job?
The standard stick-it-out-for-a-year advice is wrong.
By Rainesford Stauffer
Inside the History of Sex Worker Organizing in the U.S.
The first known sex workers’ rights protest dates back to 1917.
By Kim Kelly
Starbucks Threatens to Take Away Trans Health Benefits at Stores That Unionize
“We are uniquely vulnerable."
By James Factora
Ruth Wilson Gilmore Talks Abolition Geography and Liberation
The abolitionist academic on elections, Amazon, unions, and more.
By Lex McMenamin
What Should Recent Grads Prioritize During the Job Search?
“Ask why the last person left. Ask why longtime staff stay.”
By Rainesford Stauffer