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Can We Have More Jobs and Less Work?

In an age of overwork and unemployment, economists look at novel ways to solve both problems.

Jessica Stites

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Pittsburgh’s Nonprofit Pirates

A hospital behemoth dominates the city, pays no taxes and does little for its lowest-paid workers.

Rebecca Burns

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Village Of The Dammed

In Panama, the Ngäbe-Buglé fight to save their river and their land.

Lawrence Reichard

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West Virginia Community Delivers on Clean Water

A grassroots water delivery group filled in where government and relief agencies fell short.

Sarah Berlin

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Charter Schools: The Promise and the Peril

Two systems of public education go head-to-head in Chicago.

Joel Bleifuss

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Teachers’ Strikes, Catching Fire

From Oregon to Minnesota, school is out unless teachers and communities are heard.

Sarah Jaffe

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Keystone XL Gets Electoral

Green candidates are cropping up all over the 'red' state of Nebraska.

Cole Stangler

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Spaniards Say No to Privatized Healthcare

Nationwide outcry killed a proposal to privatize Madrid's hospitals.

Ana Martinez

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Keystone by the Bay

Labor and environmental groups clash in Maryland over fracking.

Rebecca Burns

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Stamp of Disapproval

Activists and union workers fight to stop the U.S. Postal Service from shedding buildings and jobs.

Theo Anderson

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For Once, Workers Win Over Walmart

Walmart has signed onto a contract that guarantees Floridian tomato pickers fair treatment.

Alex Wolff

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The Unbearable Whiteness of Legalization

Who benefits from marijuana law reform?

Rebecca Burns

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Single Payer Rises Again

As the ACA takes effect, an alternative gains ground at the state level.

Sarah Jaffe

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Yelp, for Fair Dining

A new app tells you which restaurants treat their workers well.

Analeah Rosen

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The ‘Sharing’ Hype

Do companies like Lyft and Airbnb help democratize the economy?

Rebecca Burns

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Grad Students Reunionize

NYU students win recognition through grassroots organizing.

Andrew Mortazavi

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Yinzers Toss Teach for America

An embattled public school system fights back against privatization.

Theo Anderson

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A Win for 15

Could SeaTac prove a bellwether for the low-wage worker movement?

Jeff Bishku-Aykul

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An Anonymous Judge and Jury

For digital vigilantes, accused rapists are guilty until proven innocent.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Can Socialists Win Elections in the U.S.?

Kshama Sawant of Seattle showed socialist victories are possible. Will they spread?

Bhaskar Sunkara and Micah Uetricht

Dispatch

The Problem with ‘Brogrammers’

Why is Silicon Valley so stubbornly white and male?

Rebecca Burns

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California Protects Wage-Theft Whistleblowers

A newly passed bill is especially crucial for undocumented workers.

Jeffrey Bishku-Aykul

Dispatch

Kaua’i Says No to GMOs

Activists celebrate a victory in the fight against GMOs and pesticide use.

Tracey Pollock

Dispatch

The Adoption-Industrial Complex

Is U.S. domestic adoption about children or profit?

Jessica Stites