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Gender justice | Wealth and inequality | Jobs | Labor

Strippers Join Servers and Baristas in New Labor Movement

The LA-based Star Garden Topless Dive Bar just voted in favor of joining the Actors’ Equity Association, making it the first unionized strip club since the now-defunct Lusty Lady in San Francisco and Seattle.

John Logan | Jun 5, 2023

Wealth and inequality | Television | Wealth

Hollywood Finally Starts Skewering White Wealth

The caucasity of television shows about the casual cruelty of excess is critically important. Succession didn’t shy away from that, and neither should other shows profiling the rich.

Sonali Kolhatkar | May 30, 2023

A Way Out of the Debt Ceiling Crisis

Unionized government employees are stepping in.

Sonali Kolhatkar | May 24, 2023

Jobs | Renewable energy | Women

For a Just Transition, Recruit More Women Electricians

The U.S. is finally moving away from fossil fuels, but there aren’t enough electricians to do the job.

Danielle Renwick | May 22, 2023

Jobs

Our Farmworkers Deserve Better

Farmworkers have risked it all to shed light on the abuses they endure. Are we ready to listen?

Tina Vasquez | May 18, 2023

Wealth and inequality

California Runs the Numbers on Reparations

A task force calculated how much Black residents should receive for systemic, state-sanctioned discrimination and ongoing harm.

Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz | May 15, 2023

Jobs

Why TV Writers Are Striking

As the landscape of films and scripted television has changed dramatically, Hollywood's writers have seen their earnings plummet. Now, they’re on strike.

Sonali Kolhatkar | May 4, 2023

Health Justice | Health care

A Surprising Improvement in Health Coverage

Amid the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people who have health insurance actually rose, and has now hit record highs.

Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz | May 1, 2023

Immigration

Pushing Back Against Loosening Child Labor Laws

Multiple state bills are undoing protections against child labor, but some groups are pushing back.

Marianne Dhenin | Apr 27, 2023

A woman speaking to her peers in a group

Reproductive rights | Gender justice | Wealth and inequality

Can Paying Parents Lead to Healthier Children?

It was like money falling from the sky. Except the city of Los Angeles would be sending it to her in a debit card every month. A thousand dollars. To

Claudia Boyd-Barrett | Apr 6, 2023

Jobs

Diversifying Hollywood From the Ground Up

Despite years of progress, Hollywood is still majority white, male, and able-bodied, especially in leadership. A new effort is trying to seed the industry with more disabled people, especially disabled Black women creatives.

Jonita Davis | Mar 29, 2023

Gender justice | Wealth and inequality

Closing the Gender Wage Gap

The pay gap between men and women has stubbornly persisted for two decades. Here’s how to close it.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Mar 22, 2023

Local power | Gun Violence | Activism | Affordable housing

Where Mutual Aid Comes to Its Own Assistance

Amid police crackdowns on mutual aid efforts around housing, many activists are finding support in each other.

Shane Burley | Mar 20, 2023

Could We End Wealth?

Billionaires are just one symptom of our upside-down economic system.

Chris Winters | Feb 27, 2023

An illustration of authors Rainesford Stauffer (left) and Alissa Quart (right), by Fran Murphy.

Wealth and inequality

Ambition Won’t Save Us

Neither will the American Dream.

Alissa Quart, Rainesford Stauffer | Feb 27, 2023

Local economies | Sustainable food and farming | Climate

Why Farmers in Zimbabwe Are Shifting to Bees

Without the need for dedicated land or water, honeybees offer a more stable climate future.

Andrew Mambondiyani | Feb 6, 2023

Jobs

Time Is Money: The True Cost of Commuting

Commuting time continues to grow, in effect reducing wages by more than 10%.

Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz | Feb 3, 2023

Cooperatives | Books | Co-ops

Why We Need Pirates

Exploited sailors escaped to form egalitarian outlaw societies under the Jolly Roger.

David Lester, Marcus Rediker, Paul Buhle | Jan 26, 2023

Activism | Affordable housing | Wealth and inequality

The Grassroots Fight for Housing Justice in Baltimore

Tired of waiting for the city to address housing justice, Baltimore’s constellation of grassroots activists and institutions are charging forward to keep residents in their homes and increase availability of affordable housing.

Jaisal Noor | Dec 27, 2022