The interests of the working class are the same. The democrats have turned “white working class” into a narrative that is intended to undermine solidarity instead of build it. This is how they operate: Put marginalized groups into positions where they compete against one another for resources. That’s what means…

You are allowing the ‘tall tale’ to sway your opinion then. Working class people voted overwhelmingly democrat across the country - white or not. Trump won from the rich.

If you’re smart enough to get into the University of Chicago...

Hours worked are a HUGE point of exploitation. Most grad students are expected to work no more than 20 hours. Some places don’t even bother to give that rule a nod and a wink, they just ignore it outright. It’s particularly bad among international students, where protest can literally get you kicked out of the…

“Faculty may no longer be able to negotiate funding levels for research assistantships directly with students.”

I know I went to grad school to have the opportunity to haggle with people who can hold my academic future hostage.

“I get that they want to protect their image but deflect or cover it up the way they do just always makes things look much worse.”

It can be so frustratingly difficult to prove this kind of misconduct as a student, and universities need to step up to the plate and do their best to document consistent stories, establish facts, and account for why these narratives emerged in the first place.

If what hurt Hilary was that she was perceived as corrupt/establishment, do you really think nominating somebody like Tim Kaine or Corey Booker is a great idea? Because that’s the type of person we’re gonna get in 2020 if it’s not somebody of Elizabeth Warren ilk. Also, if you’re going to lean on polls that say Warren…

34% of those polled either had never heard of Warren or had no opinion of her (which probably often means they hadn’t heard of her but were embarrassed to say so). As a result, I wouldn’t read too much into a poll that shows her losing an election four years from now to the current president.

I’m a grad assistant, and we’re in the process of forming a union at our university. The administration have been trying to argue that union membership will be expensive, but nothing is as expensive as not being paid what you’re worth.

Nurses, teachers and university professors already have unions and they are professionals. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that doctors and other allied health professionals were unionizing, given the changes in labor models in medicine that we are seeing right now. Journalists are often unionized, especially if they…