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The Propaganda of Construction
The workers of Red Vienna struggled to secure their basic needs — through militant organizing and political power.
Care Work Should Be Public-Sector Work
Today, thousands of private families control the wages and conditions of domestic workers in the United States. But work like childcare, eldercare, and home health care should be provided by the state, and by union workers.
A Guide to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Attacks
Today in 1945, the United States committed one of the most horrific atrocities in military history. Why?
The Long History of Workplace Sexual Harassment
Sexual coercion in the workplace has long been a primary driver of gender inequities.
Privately Owned Scooter Companies Don’t Have a Future
Whether you hate or love the scooters clogging the sidewalks of many cities in the United States and around the world, one thing is clear: the terms of their use need to be decided democratically, by the public.
Theresa, EU’ve Done It Again
With Brexit bogged down and the Tories in meltdown, Labour looks set to tip the European Parliament elections to the center-left for the first time in a generation. Another own goal for Theresa May.
Profiting off Debt
Federal student loans facilitate a pernicious profit motive in higher education.
What LGBTQ Workers Need
The Supreme Court should rule in favor of LGBTQ workers. But whether it does or doesn’t, those workers need unions and stronger labor laws to fight discrimination.
Lessons From the First Red Century
"We want a left that can learn from 1917 Russia and 1976 Sweden."
Portraits of the Kurdish Struggle
A new collection of photography captures the Kurdish struggle against ISIS — and their efforts to build a radically egalitarian society based on principles of peace and democracy.
What It Means to Be on the Left
The socialist project is about more than just winning a nicer version of capitalism.
The University Is a Battleground
The legal status of academic unions has always been precarious. But that hasn't stopped graduate workers from organizing.
Against Tipping
So long as the karmic tip jar clouds our perceptions, the insane injustice of an underpaid labor force reimbursed through only the guilty feelings of their coworkers will persist.
Sex, Crime, and Justice
How one author is bringing social justice to the romance genre.
We’ve Never Seen Conditions As Bad As This
As bushfires devastate Australia, firefighters are at the frontline of defense. Yet, decades of cost-cutting have hamstrung their efforts, and Scott Morrison has refused to pay the volunteer force for their work. Funding these services is the bare minimum in a warming world, but it doesn't substitute for structural change.
In Defense of Gamers
Don’t blame gamers for the sins of capitalism.
Reading Frederick Douglass at Seder
Food is the easy part of the seder. For me, the hard part is making it all mean something.