Sarah Lazare

Chicago

Writer at Freelance

Web Editor at In These Times

Editor at Workday Magazine

editor and investigative reporter @workdaymagazine, formerly @inthesetimesmag

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Bullies At The Table

1 week ago | economicrt.org | Daniel Flaming |Patrick Burns |Sarah Lazare

Neglected Grocery StoresGoing to the grocery store is shoppers least enjoyable retail experience because of long lines, high prices and limited availability of popular items. Most grocery workers in California, Colorado and Washington say that product sits in their stores’ backrooms because there is not enough staff to stock store shelves and that their stores are unable to provide good customer service. They say that they are unable to complete all of their assigned tasks during their shift.
Can Unionizing Grocery Workers Defeat Supermarket Giants?

2 weeks ago | progressivehub.net | Sarah Lazare

Kroger and Albertsons tried to merge; union organizing stopped them. But the fight for grocery workers is just beginning. By Sarah Lazare, In These TimesIn early February, when temperatures in Denver plunged to seven degrees below zero and snow dusted the sidewalks, Martin Bonilla, bundled in two jackets and a neck warmer, walked a picket line 1,000 miles from his home of Fillmore, Calif.
Grocery Workers VS Goliath

2 weeks ago | inthesetimes.com | Sarah Lazare

In early February, when temperatures in Denver plunged to seven degrees below zero and snow dusted the sidewalks, Martin Bonilla, bundled in two jackets and a neck warmer, walked a picket line 1,000 miles from his home of Fillmore, Calif. Bonilla works in the produce department at Vons and had flown to Colorado in the early morning after finishing an 11-and-a-half-hour shift.
Construction Bosses Are Using Elaborate Schemes to Harm Workers

1 month ago | workdaymagazine.org | Sarah Lazare

In 2020, Alejandro was working a construction job in the Madison, Wisconsin, metro area, doing texture, painting, and drywall on residential homes, when his boss asked him to do something strange. The boss gave Alejandro a check, and told him to go to a local bakery to cash it. He was then instructed to use that cash to pay himself and his co-worker for their labor.
Construction Bosses Are Using Elaborate Schemes to Harm Workers

1 month ago | prospect.org | Sarah Lazare

READER SUPPORT POWERS OUR REPORTINGReporting like this isn’t possible without readers like you. The American Prospect is nonprofit, independent, and funded by our readers. With democracy under attack and authoritarianism on the rise, fearless reporting on power, politics, and ideas has never been more essential. Unlike many news outlets, we don’t answer to shareholders, billionaire owners, or corporate interests. We answer to you, our readers.
Democratic Party Leaders and “Free Speech” Warriors Shrug as Trump Deports Dissidents

1 month ago | rsn.org | Adam Johnson |Sarah Lazare

While the Trump administration targets hundreds over their constitutionally protected right to political speech, Democratic leadership and influential media pundits have largely stayed quiet. President Trump’s unprecedented crackdown on constitutionally-protected speech has solicited crickets from key Democratic Party leaders and self-described “free speech” advocates in the U.S. media.
Democratic Party Leaders and “Free Speech” Warriors Shrug as Trump Deports Dissidents

1 month ago | inthesetimes.com | Adam Johnson |Sarah Lazare

Adam Johnson and Sarah Lazare April 1, 2025 President Trump’s unprecedented crackdown on constitutionally-protected speech has solicited crickets from key Democratic Party leaders and self-described “free speech” advocates in the U.S. media.
Jeffrey Goldberg Dismissing Yemeni Deaths Is Why He Was in the Group Chat to Begin With

1 month ago | columnblog.com | Sarah Lazare

Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of the Atlantic, has been at the center of a national story after he was “inadvertently” included in a group Signal chat with administration officials as they planned a deadly bombing in Yemen. Much of the coverage has focused on the mishandling of military secrets, rather than the impact of the bombings themselves, targeting the poorest country in the Middle East, which the United States has helped bomb and blockade for over a decade.
"One Job Should Be Enough": How 9,000 Grocery Workers Are Banding Together in Minnesota

1 month ago | workdaymagazine.org | Sarah Lazare

Monica Duque never knows how many hours she is going to get in a given week. She works at the Jerry’s Cub Foods on East Lake Street at the front of the store, helping customers, overseeing cashiering, and running online shopping. She finds out her hours, she explains, “when the schedule is posted on Friday, for the week after next.” “There is no consistency,” says the 24 year old, which makes it hard to save money, or plan much for the future.
The Myth Of Pentagon Budget Cuts

2 months ago | progressivehub.net | Stephen Semler |Sarah Lazare

As Trump and Musk slash social spending, military spending is set to soar. By Stephen Semler and Sarah Lazare, In These TimesIt’s a striking headline. “Trump administration orders Pentagon to plan for sweeping budget cuts,” reports the Washington Post. “Hegseth orders major Pentagon spending cuts,” says Politico. Such news is remarkable because, while reducing the Pentagon’s budget is popular with the public, it’s largely considered profane in Washington. There’s just one problem: It didn’t happen.

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