An interview with filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer
Karen Nussbaum
Karen Nussbaum is the founding director and a member of the board of Working America, AFL-CIO, and was co-founder and director of 9to5, National Association of Working Women and president of District 925, SEIU.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
‘We Don’t Just Interview People Once’
A discussion with documentary filmmaker Julia Reichert, whose work chronicles labor, women, and the American left, and who won an Oscar this year for ‘American Factory’
Posted inPolitics
What Do Swing Women Voters Want?
There’s an appetite for progressive policies—but it’s complicated out there, and we need to engage voters one-on-one.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Climate Crisis and the White Working Class
Does it really matter to these swing voters? You bet it does.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Class Consciousness Comes to America
Even in Trump country, pro-union sentiment is rising. But can labor and its allies turn that sentiment into power?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Labor at a Crossroads: Time to Experiment
New organizing will be propelled by committed activists, but will have to be sustained by huge numbers of members and supporters.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
New Organizations for Workers
This piece is part of the Prospect’s series on progressives’ strategy over the next 40 years. To read the introduction, click here. Corporate domination of the media, of politics, and of the workplace has thrown American society out of whack. Labor laws no longer protect workers’ interests. We need to return to the purpose of […]