A research project conducted with over 270 participants living in the U.S. found that people’s dreams are restricted in very specific ways.
Community
Through Her Lens
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Venezuelan-American Photographer Lexi Parra is moving away from the individualistic “I” and towards the collective “we” of creating art for the gain of many, not the personal success of one.
Elections
‘Election Week’ was Rough. My Thoughts on Power, Accountability and the Election
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Moving forward, I hope to be a part of an accountability that is restorative for us. I hope for a definition of safety that draws from tenderness in government policy and empathy in decision making.
Community
The Minneapolis Uprising
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As we settle into the unease and unknown of a mandated curfew and occupation by the national guard here is my best attempt at making sense of what’s happening.
Essay
Yes, Unemployment Insurance and Welfare Encourage People to Quit Lousy Jobs. That’s the Point.
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Do we have a right not to work? The answer is we don’t if Democratic leaders stubbornly try to keep the “era of big government” confined to the 20th century.
Commentary
On Workers Memorial Day and International Workers Day
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‘No Matter How Much We Flatten The Curve These Workers Are Most at Risk.’
Commentary
Labor Education Service in Transition
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I invite us to learn through this together. There is no guidebook, no experience to lean on except in the past we share, the ways we have bound together to fight for our collective dignity.
Commentary
Adjusting to Life in a Lockdown
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The public school system made it clear that teachers are disposable. No one denies how enormous and complex the school system is, we merely ask for the basic rights of the city’s most at-risk children and their teachers to be protected.
Community
Getting serious about the economic response to COVID-19
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The first two characteristics of a potential COVID-19 slowdown—that it could come fast and come straight for low-wage workers first—suggest one potential response: rapid direct payments to individuals.
Essay
Book Review: ‘When Workers Shot Back’
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Overall I found When Workers Shot Back to be a careful study of the relationship workers and capital and the resulting reconfiguration of the state’s role in our lives. I would recommend the book for anyone interested in learning more about the history and nuances of the working-class struggle.
Essay
Analysis and Review of Netflix’s ‘American Factory’
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In a system that values them only as labor, these workers retain their humanity and their complexity. It’s the only thing that sets them aside from their robot competitors, which the filmmakers invoke in the movie’s sobering final scenes.