Autoworkers Staged Their First Big Strike in the 1930s. Here’s How They Won.
A scene from the sit-down strike at GM’s Fisher Body No. 1 plant in Flint, Michigan, which began on December 30, 1936, and lasted 44 days.UAW Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, leaders of the striking United Auto Workers vowed to expand their…
Javier Zamora’s Fight Against the Pulitzer Prizes—and American Exceptionalism
Mother Jones; Gerardo Del Valle/Courtesy of Javier Zamora Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, the Pulitzer Prize Board expanded the eligibility for the books, drama, and music awards by including artists who are not US citizens. The new policy, which begins in the…
How Bill Clinton’s Presidency Changed American Capitalism
Courtesy UCSB Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In their new book, A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism, historians Judith Stein and Nelson Lichtenstein chart how the 42nd president betrayed his progressive ideals—going from optimistic Democrat who triumphed over Reagan-era conservatism to the avatar of the…
Bill Clinton Campaigned as a Progressive. Why Didn’t He Govern Like One?
This piece is adapted from A Fabulous Failure: The Clinton Presidency and the Transformation of American Capitalism by Nelson Lichtenstein and Judith Stein. The book will be available from Princeton University Press on September 12. This excerpt is accompanied by an interview with one of the book’s authors. On December 14 and 15, 1992, the transition…
Authors Like Me Are Fighting the Book-Ban Zealots. We Need Help.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Not long ago, I was one of 22 authors honored at a fundraising dinner for my local library. It was a swanky affair, with a multicourse meal, a pair of emcees, and a photographer to capture the rare sight…
Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Law to Criminalize Librarians for Providing “Harmful” Books to Minors
Nate Coulter, executive director of the Central Arkansas Library System, looks at a book in the main branch of the public library in downtown Little Rock.Katie Adkins/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Saturday, a federal judge in Arkansas temporarily blocked a new law…