Liberal Indian American politicians who have received donations from Hindu nationalists are facing new pressure to denounce the Modi government.
Fall 2020
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Harvard Workers Left Out in the Cold
In January the university plans to cut the compensation of its janitorial staff. Contracted workers could get nothing.
Know Your Enemy: What’s Wrong With the Supreme Court? With the 5-4 Podcast
The hosts of the podcast 5-4 talk about the rise of the conservative legal movement and the Supreme Court’s assault on American democracy.
Belabored: How the Pandemic Changed Our Working Lives
Rebecca Dixon, Bill Fletcher Jr., and Jane McAlevey look back on 2020, a tumultuous year for workers.
Gig Workers Need Antitrust Reform
Instead of attempting to create an economists’ utopia of “perfect competition,” policymakers should reform antitrust to democratize power in the economy.
Before Operation Dixie
The fate of the Southern labor movement helps us understand why the United States took a sharp right turn over the last half-century—and points to a path for transforming the country today.
Litigation for the People
Critics argue that anti-discrimination law fails to challenge the fundamental inequalities of society. For Filipino-American workers, however, it became an important organizing tool in the fight against segregation and unsafe conditions on the job.
The Origins of Anti-Extractivism
In Resource Radicals, Thea Riofrancos explores how conflicts between left movements and the left government in Ecuador produced a militant critique of the extractive model of development.
Living Constitutions
Constitutions are often conceived as elite projects. The Indian example illustrates that founding texts can have unexpected meanings for popular politics.
All Shook Up: The Politics of Cultural Appropriation
In the era of global capitalism, imagining the lives of others is a crucial form of solidarity.
How Do We End Sexual Violence?
In The Feminist and the Sex Offender, Judith Levine and Erica R. Meiners pull back the curtain on the history of the sex offender registry and explore how we can strive to reduce sexual harm without mass incarceration.
The Teacher Strike: Conditions for Success
The teacher insurgency of the last decade is a welcome sign of the revival of the strike. But strikes are just one part of a broader strategy to build the power of labor.
The Cambodian Garment Worker Imprisoned for Speaking Out
Soy Sros spent nearly two months in prison after criticizing her employer’s response to the pandemic. She has been released, but her imprisonment has had lasting effects on her health and her workplace.
