“When I think of the many ways we—laborers, neighbors, people in community with one another—are failing each other, I think first and foremost of the institution of work as we know it.”
Economy
The Dutch art of niksen—intentionally doing nothing, letting the mind wander—is much needed in our over-scheduled lives.
Our work environment is deeply dysfunctional. But making systemic change requires understanding how we got here.
Long-underpaid undergrad students who work on campus are increasingly seeing the value of their labor and organizing unions.
Young workers, women, and people of color are combining digital innovation with old-school face-to-face organizing to build a new labor movement.
Cafe Euphoria isn’t just another co-op. Its trans and gender-nonconforming owners are pursuing a vision of radical equality.
Direct payments to home-based child care providers can sustain them and the essential work they do to care for the children of working Americans.
Activists have long suggested that oppressive institutions should be abolished rather than reformed. The same could be said about labor.
Degrowth invites us to envision a much deeper societal transition than simply swapping energy sources to maintain the status quo.
Frugality isn’t just a virtue practiced by bygone generations. It can also be a break with an all-consuming capitalist system.
Climate action, racial justice, and economic reform ultimately all have the same end goal. Our movements should unite behind it.
Solving the Mountain State’s endemic issues means a return to old-fashioned virtues of neighborliness and diligence.
Wildfires and the destruction they cause have become a societal problem. Addressing this issue comprehensively should include both short-term and long-term solutions.
From Amazon to Starbucks, employees are demanding better pay and working conditions from companies that have long had a free hand to maximize profits at any cost.
More than 40 million people provide unpaid care for adults. My mother was one of them.
Rubynell Walker-Barbee shares her story of service workers organizing in Georgia.
Instead of kings, plutocrats, and generals, a new kind of historical walking tour focuses on the people they repressed, and tells a more complete story.
The history of American communes is one of imperfect people trying to make a perfect place.
The seaside town of Maricá, Brazil, was struggling, but it had oil revenue. So the local government started a basic income program based on a local alternative currency.
Can learning labor history give us hope for the future of unions?
The racial wealth gap exists by historical design. In order to undo that divide, we need to be just as intentional.
People facing housing loss often have to move quickly, without funds. These volunteers are there to help.
Here are the basic steps any company will need to go through to give workers ownership.
A North Nashville market that showcases Black-owned small businesses helps invigorate their community.
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