Dispatch
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What Cesar Chavez Missed
The new film doesn't capture the diversity of the farmworkers' movement.
David Bacon
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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
Dispatch
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
Dispatch
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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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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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
Dispatch
A Win for 15
Could SeaTac prove a bellwether for the low-wage worker movement?
Jeff Bishku-Aykul
Dispatch
An Anonymous Judge and Jury
For digital vigilantes, accused rapists are guilty until proven innocent.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
Dispatch
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
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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
Dispatch
Sweat-Free Chocolate
Pledge to buy Halloween candy that's child-labor-free.
Amato Nocera
Dispatch
Schoolyard Syndicalists
From the Chicago public school closings, some students emerge radicalized.
Rebecca Burns
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