In the spring of 2006, millions of Latinos across the country participated in the largest civil
rights demonstrations in American history. In this timely and highly anticipated book, Chris …

The persistent failure of public schooling in low-income communities constitutes one of our
nation's most pressing civil rights and social justice issues. Many school reformers recognize …

How has Latino immigration transformed the South? In what ways is the presence of these
newcomers complicating efforts to organize for workplace justice? Scratching Out a Living …

This volume comprises thirteen fine-grained case studies of recent campaigns by worker
centers and unions to organize the new" precariat" class of workers and to address the crisis …

Drawing on forty‐one interviews with both documented and undocumented Latino
restaurant workers in San Jose, California, and Houston, Texas, this article examines how …

Mexican migration to the United States and Canada is a highly contentious issue in the eyes
of many North Americans, and every generation seems to construct the northward flow of …

Over the last century, workers in the United States have come to enjoy an expanding array of
workplace protections. The minimum wage has continued to increase, albeit sporadically …

This article traces the history of domestic worker organizing in the US It challenges the long-
standing assumption that these—primarily women of color—cleaners, nannies, and elder …

A pathbreaking look at how progressive policy change for economic justice has swept US
cities In the 2010s cities and counties across the United States witnessed long-overdue …

This article examines the contextual factors driving legal mobilization of workers in the
United States through an analysis of national origin discrimination charges under Title VII of …