Excluded from minimum wage and union rights, gig workers, disproportionately Black, grapple with a two-tiered system rooted in historical labor laws that must be reformed for racial and worker justice.

Fusion voting, utilized by Abolitionists before and after the Civil War, can strengthen third parties and address the shortcomings of the current two-party system.

Two and a half years in, Starbucks workers have made a breakthrough. Buried in the stilted prose of the announcement is a historic victory.

Vicki Shabo from Better Life Lab at New America discusses the long-term fight for paid family and medical leave, covering progress at state and federal levels, setbacks in national legislation, and the influence of oligarchic interests. Interviewed by Dania Rajendra, senior strategist at Future Currents...

40 years ago in Chicago, McMaid workers sparked a movement.

A conversation with Deepak Bhargava and Stephanie Luce about their new book, Practical Radicals, and the need for the left to embrace a rigorous, multi-pronged strategy for change.

United Smith Student Workers is one of the first undergrad student unions in the country and part of a larger movement that began in the early 2000s. Find out how they, and others, are seizing upon new labor regulations to improve lives and build power.

Freedom Summer transformed the country by transforming the South. To fight white supremacy and defeat fascists block by block and at the ballot box, we have to reflect on the work of the SNCC-fueled coalition and the innovations that made their work successful.

The Black Lives Matter era re-shaped a generation’s understanding of Black identity and politics, but it was also deeply disappointing. Now, a new chapter of Black political organization is needed to win the transformative change we envisioned.

How did a multiracial, multigenerational, and interfaith group of neighbors in the most populous Texas county defy expectations to galvanize the second-largest midterm election turnout in thirty years?