Author: Sonali Kolhatkar
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Climate Devastation and Fossil Fuel Profits
As Pakistan drowns, as Puerto Rico is cast into darkness, and as Jacksonians remain thirsty, it’s past time for a climate tax on fossil fuel companies. Keep reading »
How Barbara Ehrenreich Exposed the ‘Positive Thinking’ Industry
We can thank the late economic justice warrior for her groundbreaking contribution in showing that “positive thinking” is part of a whitewashing of economic inequality. Keep reading »
UPS Risks Major Strike: Refuses to Prioritize Driver’s Safety
As UPS drivers around the country struggle to do their jobs in triple-digit temperatures – literally baking inside non-air-conditioned trucks – their wealthy employer refuses to take action. Keep reading »
Colombia: After Decades of Reaction, A Turn Left
Voters in Colombia have picked a powerful new duo, Gustavo Petro as president and Francia Márquez as vice president, to take the nation in a new direction, tackling economic and environmental injustice. Keep reading »
As the Planet Warms, We Are Sacrificing Lives for Profits
Climate change is the result of a deadly calculus: human lives are worth risking and even losing over the profits of global corporations. Keep reading »
How Young Workers Are Unionizing Starbucks
Starbucks Workers United is racking up victorious union votes in one branch after another of the iconic American coffee chain. A young California-based worker-organizer explains why this organizing campaign is different. Keep reading »
Anti-Abortionists Played the Long Game, And They Are Winning
The US is sliding toward a grim future where abortion is criminalized with little support for families. This “new normal” is disproportionately impacting low-income people of color. Keep reading »
Social Housing for All
The US government has for years enabled the private market to make money off our housing needs. Now, as home prices and rents skyrocket, there is a simple solution: offer people a public option for housing. Keep reading »
Starbucks Workers Victorious in Their Fight for a Union
It is hugely significant that even one café out of thousands in the iconic Starbucks coffee chain has beaten back the company’s union-busting tactics to choose collective power in the workplace. Keep reading »
Why Amazon Is Terrified of Its US Workers Unionizing
With a second union vote at its Alabama warehouse coming at a time of rising worker disaffection, Amazon is clearly worried that American workers will go the way of Europe: toward collective bargaining for their labor rights. Keep reading »
G20 States Scheme to Avoid Economic Commitments at COP26
The G20, an exclusive club of mostly wealthy nations, met just before the COP26 in Glasgow and paid little more than lip service to the world’s leading problems, while preserving their own financial dominance. Keep reading »
Record Numbers of Workers Are Quitting and Striking
Taken together with a sharp increase in union strikes, the mass resignations of individuals indicate a deep worker dissatisfaction across the nation. Keep reading »