A long-awaited EPA study illustrates how industry can sidestep meaningful reform.
Justin Miller
Justin Miller covers politics and state government for the Texas Observer. He is a former Prospect writing fellow, and has also written for The Intercept, The New Republic, and In These Times. Follow @by_jmiller
Posted inWorking in America
With Oregon’s Bill, Paid Sick Leave Gains Momentum
How Oregon became the fourth state to mandate paid sick leave.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Minorities in Minneapolis: Underprivileged and Over-Policed
Behind its progressive reputation, Minneapolis is a deeply divided city.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Gawker Changed the Internet. Can It Change Workplace Organizing?
What the site’s very public union drive means for the future of digital journalism.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How Big Money Lost in Philly’s Mayoral Race
Support from unions and public-education advocates won Jim Kenney the primary election, despite $7 million in outside spending for his opponent.
Posted inEducation in America
Faculty Join Fast Food in the Fight for $15
On campuses across the country, adjunct professors are starting to organize against rock-bottom pay and tenuous job security.
Posted inEducation in America
At Colleges Across the Country, PhDs Join the Ranks of Low-Wage Workers
Posted by guest blogger Justin Miller In college towns across America, adjunct faculty are quickly becoming the new, Ph.D.-educated working poor. If nobody noticed that adjuncts now comprise the majority of faculty in higher education, that surely changed yesterday, on what organizers deemed National Adjunct Walkout Day. The idea was to shine light on the […]
Posted inEconomic Policy
Workers Centers: Organizing the ‘Unorganizable’
From contract janitorial workers to day laborers, new strategies emerge for seeking justice on the job.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Top 5 Senate Races Where Dark Money and Outside Spending Ran Wild
Half a billion dollars was spent on U.S. Senate races this year, making this cycle the most expensive midterm campaign ever.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Can Green Party Candidate Howie Hawkins Make Cuomo Oppose Fracking?
He’s certainly made it an issue. But progressives are divided on whether his gubernatorial bid could harm the Working Families Party.
