The Settlement Industry

For Israeli settlements in the West Bank, exploiting Palestinian life is a billion dollar industry.

Bring It On

Today Is Our Day

This May Day, we should celebrate the historic triumphs of the labor movement and the struggles to come.

Merle’s America

Merle Haggard provided the soundtrack of American reaction for five decades.

Ortega’s Betrayal

Today’s Sandinista leaders are a far cry from the revolutionaries who once inspired the international left.

Labor for Trump?

For anyone familiar with New York City’s correction officers’ union, their affection for Donald Trump comes as no surprise.

Bernie Versus the Earthquake Industry

Bernie Sanders’s wholesale opposition to fracking could help him in key Super Tuesday contests.

Kingfish Down

Huey Long was assassinated 80 years ago. Whatever its appeal, his populism offered no real alternative for ordinary workers.

Labor Day is May 1

Today is a boss’s holiday.

A Guide to Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath

Hurricane Katrina made landfall on this day in 2005. In the devastating aftermath, the US government abandoned its citizens, intensifying the trauma of the disaster.

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?

A Guide to the French Revolution

For Bastille Day, we have answers to a bunch of questions about the French Revolution.

The Exploitation University

New York University’s labor record epitomizes everything wrong with the neoliberal university.

Against the NCAA

March Madness is the crown jewel in the NCAA’s multibillion dollar empire. But the labor that generates this wealth remains unpaid.