Author profile

Karen Nussbaum

Karen Nussbaum is the founding director of Working America, community affiliate of the AFL-CIO union confederation, and is on its board. She co-founded and led 9to5, the National Association of Working Women, and District 925 of the Service Employees International Union.

European union leaders on the fight for democracy

Karen Nussbaum

As core democratic institutions, trade unions have had to learn hard lessons on defeating authoritarianism.

Are there any persuadable voters left in the US?

Karen Nussbaum

‘White working-class men’ are seen as the hard core of Trump’s support, yet a big group of working-class voters—black, brown and white—are persuadable.