Labor

Labor

How to Win the Nation’s Highest Minimum Wage

Sonali Kolhatkar / IMI Jun 9, 2025 The Tourism Workers Rising campaign in Southern California offers an organizing course on effecting change. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

TD Original

A Safety Net Coming Apart at the Seams

Alexander Zaitchik / Truthdig Jun 9, 2025 From staff cuts to buggy chatbots, Trump and DOGE are accelerating a crisis at the Social Security Administration 20 years in the making. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Labor

Hawley Calls for Tyson Probe Amid Child Labor Allegations

Dawn Attride / Sentient Jun 4, 2025 Federal oversight is shrinking as policy proposals echo Project 2025's deregulatory agenda. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Technology

The Tech Recruitment Ruse That Has Evaded Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Alec MacGillis / ProPublica Jun 3, 2025 Every Sunday, newspapers are full of ads for tech jobs that aren't really looking for applicants. They reveal an aspect of U.S. immigration law that hurts both domestic and foreign workers — yet has endured for decades. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Labor

Turkish Workers: You Don’t Want a Strongman

Jane Slaughter / Labor Notes Jun 3, 2025 In Turkey, labor leaders find themselves under arrest for organizing against a government that wants to bend labor to its will. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

TD Column

Beware the Supreme Court’s ‘Shadow Docket’

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jun 2, 2025 A secretive set of emergency rulings is expanding presidential power and undermining precedent. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Immigration

Trapped in a Factory Farm

Nina B. Elkadi / Sentient May 21, 2025 A lawsuit alleges that 3 Guatemalans were told they were coming to the U.S. for a cultural exchange — only to be thrust into dangerous jobs. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

TD Column

Josh Hawley and the Mirage of Republican ‘Populism’

Conor Lynch / Truthdig May 20, 2025 The proposed House budget bill should put to rest any talk about a Republican turn toward the interests and concerns of ordinary people. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Interview

We Can Fight Trump Without Caving to Corporatists

Norman Solomon and Richard Eskow / Truthdig May 19, 2025 If Democrats want to mount a winning strategy against Trump, they need to recognize it's time to let progressives in, not push them away. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Books

‘Blue Collar Empire’: The Untold Story of U.S. Labor’s Global Anticommunist Crusade

Gabe Levine-Drizin / NACLA May 16, 2025 Historian Jeff Schuhrke documents the AFL-CIO’s role in weakening left-wing labor unions around the world between the '40s and '90s. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Prison Reform

New York’s Solution to Prison Staff Shortage: Hire Teenagers

Jimmy Iakovos / Filter May 14, 2025 If we can’t keep prisons properly staffed, maybe we should incarcerate fewer people. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Health & Wellness

Suffocating Foams and Child Labor

John McCracken / Investigate Midwest May 5, 2025 Inside the business of killing millions of chickens in response to bird flu. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )