New York’s Working Families Party has built the most effective political operation the American left has seen in decades. Can it duplicate its success in other states?
Working in America
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The Year in Preview: Labor’s Outlook
2014 doesn’t look like it’s going to be all bad for unions, but it won’t be all good, either.
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The Hidden Indentured Class
Sex trafficking isn’t our only problem—forced labor accounts for a significant number of the estimated 20,000 victims of human trafficking who enter the U.S. each year.Â
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Closing the Gender Gap in the Fed’s Hallowed Halls
Janet Yellen’s nomination as the first female Fed chair doesn’t just have symbolic importance—she’s likely to push for policies that aid working mothers and families.
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Tom Friedman’s Worst Column Ever
And no, that is not hyperbole.
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The Robot Invasion
The question that haunted the post-war industrial tech boom of the 1950s is rising again: Have we reached a stage at which technology is destroying more jobs than it’s creating?
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Mining for Victory
One of the nation’s oldest unions has waged a decidedly newfangled battle with a coal company, winning back retirement benefits for thousands of members.Â
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The Task Rabbit Economy
At the rate things are going, tens of millions of us could end up as temps, contract employees, call-center operators, and the like.Â
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The She-covery that Wasn’t
Women may have more jobs than ever, but should we be applauding record gains in low-wage employment when gender discrimination and the pay gap persist?
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Daddy’s Home!
In California, a growing number of fathers are taking advantage of paid parental leave.
