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Economy and Inequality

UPS and the Logistics Revolution

by Teddy Ostrow and Ruby Walsh May 19, 2023May 19, 2023

A UPS strike could shake the world economy. Historian Joe Allen explains how the rise of modern logistics owes everything to workers.

A young Black woman organizer stands outside in a parking lot on a sunny day. She is wearing a surgical mask and holding a sign that says Fight for 15, while gesturing and speaking to an older Black woman who is facing away from the camera..

Politics and Movements: US

A new generation of organizers are building union power in the South

by Maximillian Alvarez May 17, 2023May 22, 2023

Ground-level shot of a crowd of protestors, many of them wearing medical scrubs. The signs they bear display slogans like, "Claps don't pay the bills," and "Underpaid + undervalued."

Workers of the World

‘A war-like situation’: Britain’s NHS workers strike continues

by Ross Domoney May 16, 2023May 17, 2023

From left to right, Giovanni Roberto and Marisel Robles Gutiérrez, leaders of Comedores Sociales de Puerto Rico, stand in front of Super Solidario, a monthly market that offers food at affordable prices in CAM Caguas (the Center of Mutual Aid in the town of Caguas).

Economy and Inequality

The Puerto Ricans illegally occupying land to resist displacement

by Bianca Graulau and Laura Quintero May 12, 2023May 12, 2023

Several writers stand on a picket line with signs bearing the WGA label and handwritten, personal messages. The messages read: "It's giving corporate greed," "WGA vs. Succession characters," "On strike!" "Pay us what we're worth," "Say NO to A.I."

Economy and Inequality

Hollywood writers are striking to save the industry from corporate destruction

by Maximillian Alvarez May 10, 2023May 10, 2023

Nighttime photo of the George Floyd mural in Minneapolis. The mural features George Floyd's name written in large block letters, with a portrait of Floyd in the center. Behind Floyd is a sunflower with the names of various victims of police violence written under the phrase "Say Our Names." At the bottom of the mural are the words "I can breathe now." Next to the mural is a sign that reads: "2014: I can't breathe. 2020: I can't breathe." In front of the mural is a person in a jacket and hat, looking at the artwork.

Robin D.G. Kelley: Understanding police violence through racial capitalism

by Maximillian Alvarez May 10, 2023May 16, 2023

Workers of the World

On May Day, Colombians mobilize to defend the Petro government

by Nick MacWilliam May 8, 2023May 8, 2023

U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to the media at the US Capitol on April 26, 2023 in Washington, DC. The US House voted and passed a bill raising the nation's debt ceiling. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

Economy and Inequality

The GOP is holding the US economy hostage in the debt ceiling fight

by Marc Steiner May 2, 2023May 2, 2023

Economy and Inequality

US freight workers say it’s time to nationalize the railroads

by Maximillian Alvarez April 26, 2023May 4, 2023

Striking graduate student-workers and members of the Graduate Employees' Organization pose for a group photo outside of the Rackham Graduate School building at the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on April 19, 2023. Photo courtesy of the Graduate Employees' Organization

Politics and Movements: US

UMich docks pay, calls cops on striking grad students

by Maximillian Alvarez April 26, 2023April 28, 2023