Jeff Bezos raised Amazon’s starting wage to $15 because of pressure from workers and Bernie Sanders — showing how, even when workers and socialists are weak, we can win against the most powerful people in the world

Interview on why he refuses to “throw a movement under the bus”

Unionized teachers can help keep charter administrations accountable to their workers—and to students

Chicago’s grassroots movements may have more of a reason to be optimistic than ever before

A strike by Chicago teachers shows how unions can resist the dismantling of public education

Kim Moody has long argued that the way to reverse labor’s long slide is not through top-down reform efforts, but through renewed commitment to struggle at labor’s grassroots

Fast food strikes reached record numbers yesterday, with organizers estimating that some 1,000 stores and restaurants in 58 cities were affected by…

Chicago Public School teachers and students were back in classrooms Wednesday morning after union delegates voted Tuesday to end their seven-day strike.…

When he died in January at age 87, historian Howard Zinn was still haunted by the ghosts of World War II. He…

Chicago’s Magnificent Mile is the city’s biggest symbol of privilege and power. Heading south on Michigan Avenue, it passes by high-end fashion…