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LA Schools’ Lowest-Paid Workers Walk Out, With Teachers by Their Side

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Tens of thousands of Los Angeles teachers went on strike March 21-23, 2023, for the first time in four years, shutting down the nation’s second-largest school district for three rain-soaked days.

Tipping Is Not a Reward—It’s an Insult

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It’s time to end our national reliance on tipped workers. The unhealthy dynamic created by tipping emerges from decades of legalized subminimum wages and keeps workers subservient to the whims of employers and customers.

Embrace the Mess—in the Name of Gender Justice

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It’s time to take back our time and spend it on meaningful activities instead of succumbing to the futility and moral pressure of endlessly cleaning our homes.

Behold, the New GOP Culture Wars

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The Republican Party’s latest wave of attacks against anyone who threatens the white supremacist patriarchy is couched in false concern for health and well-being.

Americans Want Government-Run Health Care—What’s Standing in the Way?

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It’s true that the number of uninsured Americans has dropped to an all-time low. But that fact obscures the failures of our patchwork, profit-driven health care system.

Google’s Stock Climbed After It Fired 12,000 Employees—But What Did They Get Out of It?

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The tech sector is laying off tens of thousands of workers, making it clear that economic growth is currently valued above all else.

An Ancient Recipe for Social Success

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New evidence and understandings about the structure of successful early societies across Asia, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere are sweeping away the popular assumption that early societies tended toward autocracy and despotism.

Nepo Babies and the Myth of the Meritocracy

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Society’s top tiers are rife with nepotism. It’s past time to expose just how much unearned wealth and power has been accrued by elites.