Gig workers were barely scraping by even before companies like Uber spent $200 million on the successful campaign to pass Proposition 22. Now, two paths lie ahead: one paved by corporate cash, and the other blazed by the workers behind the wheel.
Fall 2020
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The Rise of Border Fascism
Far-right groups threaten violence amid a contested election. How did we get here?
“What’s Actually Going on in Our Nursing Homes”: An Interview with Shantonia Jackson
The structural conditions shaping care work are highly exploitative—and are profoundly linked to the high degree of COVID-19’s spread within both long-term care facilities and the communities that supply their labor force.
Belabored: Trump’s Broken Promises
Trump and Pence claim that industrial jobs are “booming” under their leadership. In Lordstown and Indianapolis, local labor organizers tell a different story.
Know Your Enemy: Suburban Woman, with Dorothy Fortenberry
Dorothy Fortenberry, playwright and writer on The Handmaid’s Tale, talks about gender and politics, the work women do, the importance of institutions, the #Resistance, and more.
Ben Fletcher’s One Big Union
Ben Fletcher, once one of the most important black labor figures in the United States, has faded into obscurity. But he couldn’t be more relevant to the most urgent political projects of the present.
Venezuelans’ Hopes for a Biden Administration
Five social scientists on what the U.S. election might mean for the future of Venezuela.
A Possible Majority
A political history of the present moment.
A New Direction for U.S. Foreign Policy in Africa
If Democrats win the U.S. election, it is time for a progressive reset in relations with Africa: a new foreign policy, centered on economic justice and the democratic aspirations of the continent’s youth.
After the Lekki Massacre
The #EndSARS protests have done what so many political leaders have failed to do: unite the citizens of Nigeria behind a common cause.
Know Your Enemy: On the Road to Reaganland, with Rick Perlstein and Leon Neyfakh
A discussion about “Fiasco: The Battle for Boston,” the weird and wild 1970s, and Ronald Reagan’s path to victory.
The Fight for Democracy in Thailand
The unprecedented mass protests against the monarchy show no signs of flagging.
Essential and Untrusted
The pandemic has exacerbated an existing child care crisis. Platforms like Care.com are growing, while exposing care workers to new forms of surveillance and discrimination.
