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The Lede, Issue #14: The Poison in Our Drinking Water, Polarizing Politics, Covering Your Parents’ Union, and More

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Prisons have no incentive to pay inmates better—to the contrary. Unlike workers in the free market, who (theoretically, anyway) can weigh factors like pay, working conditions, and other benefits when deciding where to work, inmates do not have a choice between employers. If they need the money, or the experience, they must take or leave what the prison is offering.

Social Justice

How to Organize a Prison Strike

Organizers inside and outside of the penitentiary walls are teaming up—and getting creative—to fight for reform.

Arvind Dilawar

The May Day "King" and "Queen" lead the Greenmen of Glastonbury carrying this year's Maypole through the center of Glastonbury, to a ceremony at Bushy Combe below Glastonbury Tor as part of the town's Beltane May Day celebrations on May 1st, 2018, in Somerset, England. Although more synonymous with International Workers' Day, or Labor Day, May Day or Beltane is celebrated by druids and pagans as the beginning of summer and the chance to celebrate the coming of the season of warmth and light.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: A May Day Celebration in England

The May Day "King" and "Queen" lead the Greenmen of Glastonbury carrying this year's Maypole through the center of Glastonbury, to a ceremony at Bushy Combe below Glastonbury Tor as part of the town's Beltane May Day celebrations on May 1st, 2018, in Somerset, England.

Pacific Standard Staff

Inside the Boeing factory in Everett, Washington.

Dispatches: What You Need to Know About the State of Our Unions

News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.

Pacific Standard Staff

Workers march during a May Day rally in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on May 1st, 2018. Thousands of marching workers demanded the resignation of President Jimmy Morales, who faces allegations of campaign finance corruption.

Economics

Scenes From May Day Protests and Celebrations Around the World

People around the world are taking to the streets today to fight for workers' rights.

Ashley Hackett

An Indian laborer works in a brick kiln on the outskirts of Amritsar on April 30th, 2018, ahead of International Labor Day.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Laying Bricks in India

An Indian laborer works in a brick kiln on the outskirts of Amritsar on April 30th, 2018, ahead of International Labor Day.

Pacific Standard Staff

The Lede, Issue #13: The Problem With Sensitivity Readers, Failure at the EPA, the State of Unions in America, and More

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Snapshots of American Unions Through the Ages

Twelve photos that show the evolution of the U.S. labor movement from the early 1900s to today.

Ashley Hackett

People gather together work supplies at Centro Humanitario in Denver, Colorado.

What Workers Gain at Worker Centers

In Denver, a worker center provides everything from lockers and ID cards to protection from wage theft for workers with nowhere else to turn.

Dwyer Gunn

A Boeing employee works at the plant in North Charleston, South Carolina.

A Tale of Two Boeing Factories

Boeing workers in Washington State have been unionized for decades; their counterparts in South Carolina recently voted out the union in a landslide. Pacific Standard compares conditions in both workplaces, a year after South Carolina's historic vote.

Francie Diep