Happy pride! The Supreme Court decision today (6/26) is a huge victory after the decades long battle to legalize queer marriage The article below written earlier this month by queer… Read more »
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“Right to work” lawsuit threatens all unions: Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association
In Washington state this spring, thousands of teachers walked off their jobs to protest chronic underfunding of public education. In Wisconsin in 2011, teachers were leaders in the historic occupation… Read more »
Adjunct professors: academia’s overstressed, underpaid labor force
Like most adjunct professors, Mick Parsons, an instructor in Louisville, Ky., lectures at several institutions to earn a salary that works out to less than minimum wage, with no benefits…. Read more »
The unstoppable fight for $15: Low-wage workers won’t take no for an answer
From the early scattered strikes against Burger King and McDonald’s, the movement for $15 an hour has blossomed, logging many small but growing victories in cities and states across the… Read more »
Shell-ing out the planet — Tribes and environmentalists defy arrogant oil giant
In the summer of 2014, Shell began quiet negotiations with the Port of Seattle to establish a winter home for its fleet of oil platforms and ships. Shell’s aim is… Read more »
Norma Abdulah, 1921–2015
A passionate fighter for race, gender and economic equality, Norma Abdulah was born in Harlem to a Trinidadian family. Her education about racism in the U.S. started early when her… Read more »
The Charleston killings: indictment of a racist system
The following was written just after the murders at Mother Emanual Church on June 17, and before the subsequent series of Black church burnings in June and early July. The… Read more »
End the racial wealth gap — Restore affirmative action and job training
Every day it seems, the headlines carry another story of racist violence, from police gunning down unarmed Black men to white supremacists bombing Black churches — or killing parishioners! This… Read more »
Unemployment fix: 30 hours work, 40 hours pay — Rising productivity makes a shorter week with no pay cut a no-brainer
The campaigns across the U.S. for a $15 an hour minimum wage won’t end the economic hurt of low-paid workers but they will sure help. Winning higher wages will also… Read more »
Organizers in Tacoma, Wash., stick to their guns for $15 an hour NOW
On an August day, activists with 15 NOW Tacoma huddled at a Safeway grocery store before hitting the neighborhoods of this blue-collar city. Rehearsing for doorbelling, one volunteer asked, “Do… Read more »
