Profile
Labor’s Maria Elena Durazo and a Life of Activism
Maria Elena Durazo has influenced Los Angeles politics for decades as a leader of a revived labor movement. Now she’s running for office.
Features
Research
Wages, Unions and The End of the Middle Class
Why are working people falling behind? A leading UCLA researcher examines the causes of widening inequality.
Sketches
Landscape
The fight for freelancers
Lawmakers from California to New York grapple with freelancers in the new economy
Landscape
Unions Battle for Survival
Americans like unions, but labor is on the defensive. A note from the front
Landscape
Los Angeles teachers strike and win
The public backs teachers, and charter schools may suffer.
