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Our hopes for a better world—more egalitarian, more just, more humane—once found expression in the Democratic Socialists of America.Many of us have been members of DSA since its founding in 1982—some of us in leadership positions—as well as activists in the organizations and movements from which DSA emerged. We embraced a vision of a democratic political order in which ordinary people had real voice in the decisions that affect their lives. The welfare and needs of th...

Groups like the Democratic Socialists of America are on the defensive as allies condemn activists celebrating the Hamas attack.

From his days as a graduate student union leader, he championed an intersectional vision of economic, social, and racial justice.

Today on TAP: A life devoted to pursuing economic justice

There must be clear legal criteria differentiating drivers who are truly independent contractors from those who are employees.

Breakthroughs in robotics and artificial intelligence will only accelerate the trend, threatening perhaps the majority of jobs in the decades ahead.

Why are wages what they are? We'll talk about the myths that help set wages in the modern economy.

Amazon workers in New York voted on Friday to launch the first US union at the e-commerce giant, an underdog upset against a company that has steadfastly opposed organised labour in its massive workforce.Dozens of supporters greeted the result with...

NEW YORK - Amazon workers in New York voted Friday to launch the first US union at the e-commerce giant, an underdog upset against a company that has steadfastly opposed organized labor in its massive workforce.

A former Amazon employee is now the face of a successful campaign to unionize workers in Staten Island.