The Other Side of Title IX
Laura Kipnis responds to Anne McClintock.
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Two NLRB Rulings Are Empowering Amazon Drivers to Organize
Two joint-employer rulings by the NLRB challenge Amazon’s strategy for dodging unionization among DSP delivery drivers. If scaled up, the recent worker organizing spurred by the rulings could present serious disruptive threats to Amazon's entire operation.
The Burning Question
For British Columbia's forests, threatened by the worst wildfire season on record, it's either socialism or extinction.
How Wallace Shawn Found His Voice
An interview with the actor, playwright, and socialist Wallace Shawn.
Errol Morris’s Reminder of Trump’s Sadistic Border Policy
Donald Trump’s separation of children from their families at the border was a centerpiece of his migration policy. Errol Morris’s new documentary, Separated, chronicles the cruel policy during Trump’s first term that would likely return in a second.
An Organizing Seat in City Hall
Meet the socialist city council candidate trying to make Minneapolis more than just a liberal bastion.
Victory Over the Sun
Postwar America’s greatest environmentalist was a labor leader.
The Work in Sex Work
Sex workers are like any other member of the working class — they're just trying to get by in the face of an unjust economic system.
Beyond “Liminal Legality”
This May Day, let's demand not just sanctuary from deportation, but legalization for all — and an end to capital's despotic rule.
What’s Behind the Unrest in Jerusalem?
Don't blame recent bloodshed in Jerusalem on religion. The incitement is Israeli policy.
Failing Up
By promoting our least effective teachers to leadership positions — as Harvard has done with Michael Ignatieff — we can ensure all students have access to a world-class education.
Rebranding Amtrak
Amtrak doesn’t need a writer’s residency program. It needs to deliver affordable, reliable public transportation.
The Latest Defeat
The ILWU leadership has accepted a deal that will further cripple their union.
Too Cool for School
A radical critique of public education falls flat.
Patients Last
Prime Healthcare Services — like the rest of the for-profit health industry — shows capitalism at its worst.
The Jock Doctrine
Rio has used mega-events like the World Cup and the Olympics as a “state of exception” to push through private development projects and neoliberal reforms.
Caring in the City
Ending the exploitation of urban care workers requires radically democratic alternatives that go beyond the rhetoric of “work-life balance.”
Can We Engineer a Livable Future?
Some scientists think we should slow climate change through carbon capture and solar geoengineering. Is that a gamble worth taking?
Time Is Political
The fight to control the working day remains one of our most important labor struggles.
Saviors From on High
Twenty years ago, the New Voice reformers came to power in the AFL-CIO. Their failure shows a revived labor movement can only come from below.