Fighting Fire and Fascism in the American West
Ecological crisis, rural deindustrialization, and real estate speculation have created conditions in which the far right thrives.
Spring 2025
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Feminists Against Authoritarianism
Minority rule is a major obstacle to ensuring abortion rights.
Belabored: The Union on the Hill, with Janae Washington and Taylor Doggett
Two congressional staffers discuss the push to unionize Capitol Hill.
Los Angeles Is Creating a Model for Fighting Mass Incarceration
Abolitionists and advocates of criminal justice reform in Los Angeles County have amassed some impressive victories, laying out a vision for reducing incarceration and providing care that could have national significance.
Know Your Enemy: Joan Didion, Conservative, with Sam Tanenhaus
Why did Joan Didion love Barry Goldwater but hate Ronald Reagan? Historian Sam Tanenhaus helps make sense of Didion’s conservatism.
Will the PRO Act Hurt Freelancers?
Labor lawyer Brandon Magner discusses what the PRO Act’s ABC test means for freelancers.
California Has Lessons for Liberals
California’s progressive image can be misleading. But it’s also home to activists fighting to change the state for the better.
A Blow for Labor Rights in California
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.
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.
Belabored: Essential but Excluded, with Nadia Marin-Molina
Community and labor groups are campaigning for equal benefits for undocumented immigrants and other workers excluded from the coronavirus relief packages.
Disenfranchised by Debt
Court fines, fees, and restitution payments fund government operations—and hold millions of people in dire financial straits.
Family Child-Care Providers Unionize in California
Rosa Carreño hopes her new union will lead to more support from the state. “The parents can’t go to work if they don’t have a safe place for their children to stay.”
Teamsters Demand Stronger Protections as States Reopen
As commercial activity ramps up, the union is demanding stronger safety protections at food processing plants.
Construction Workers and the Gig Economy
Misclassification is a business model that depends on tax, insurance, and payroll fraud. It is an assault on a century of hard-won workers’ rights.
When the Home Is a Workplace
In California, new legislation would expand the rules of the Occupational Health and Safety Act to cover all workers—if domestic workers and their allies have their way.
