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Labor

How Graduate Unions Are Winning—and Scaring the Hell out of Bosses—in the Trump Era

Daniel Moattar

Labor

The First-Ever National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Was Just Unveiled—And It’s a Game Changer

Rebecca Stoner

Labor

After Reports of Sweetheart Deal for Billionaire Pedophile, Calls Grow on Trump Labor Sec. to Resign

Jake Johnson

Feature

Witness: I Am On the Refugee Caravan and Saw the Tear Gas Attack. Here Are Our Demands.

A conversation with Milton Benítez, Honduran activist and host of the popular television program El Perro Amarrillo.

Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco and Sarah Lazare

Feature

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Push for a Green New Deal Is Not Just Good Policy—It’s Political Genius

By taking the demand straight to the halls of power, Ocasio-Cortez is building support for a policy that could stave off climate change and transform the economy.

Jim Pugh

Culture

China’s Digitized Abyss: YY and the Void of Online Fame

Hao Wu’s documentary People’s Republic of Desire explores the dystopia of livestream fandom.

Michael Atkinson

Feature

There’s a Clear Way for Congress to Rebuke Trump on Saudi Arabia: End U.S. Support for the Yemen War

The Senate has the chance to stop U.S. complicity in the war in Yemen, while pushing back against Trump's plans for escalated military confrontation throughout the region.

Kate Kizer

Feature

The Alternative to Traditional Banking You’ve Never Heard Of

What Westerners can learn from collective "money circles."

Valerie Vande Panne

Viewpoint

We Can Fight Climate Change and Still Eat Beef

How grass-fed cattle can sequester carbon and rebuild soil.

Paige Stanley

Viewpoint

Climate-Friendly Beef Is a Myth. Don’t Buy It.

There’s no way around it: Take on the meat industry or face ecological disaster.

Jennifer Molidor

Viewpoint

Anything Cows Can Do, Elk Can Do Better

Most sustainable food models rely on domesticated animals. They don’t need to—and shouldn’t.

Nassim Nobari

Dispatch

In the Shadow of Detroit, a Michigan City Is Taking the Solar Transition Into Its Own Hands

Amid poverty and frequent power blackouts, a cutting-edge renewable energy program is underway in Highland Park.

Valerie Vande Panne

Feature

The Key to Tammy Baldwin’s Landslide Re-Election? Exposing Her Opponent’s Shady Ties to ALEC

Targeted with $14 million in outside spending, the Wisconsin senator fought back by tagging her opponent as a servant of special interests.

Mary Bottari

Feature

The Illegitimacy of the Ruling Class

Americans are losing faith in governance by the elite.

Thea N. Riofrancos

Labor

A New Economic Model for the South: Ditch Corporate Welfare and Fund Agricultural Co-ops

Valerie Vande Panne

Labor

Forget Elections—Labor Needs To Get Back to Its Roots

Tom Lewandowski

Labor

Bernie to Walmart: Pay Your Workers $15 an Hour, or Else

Michael Arria

Feature

Inside Geoengineers’ Risky Plan To Block Out the Sun

Some scientists say it’s necessary to save the climate. An indigenous-led opposition says it will only save the fossil fuel economy.

Kate Aronoff