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Labor
Low Wages in Illinois: When Corporations Don’t Pay, the Public Does
Marilyn Katz
Feature
The Equifax Hacking Scandal Is a Reminder That Credit-Reporting Agencies Are Not Our Friends
The hacking of personal information reveals a much deeper problem at the heart of the credit-reporting industry.
Mark Dunbar
Feature
The Left’s Long History of Militant Resistance to Fascism
A conversation with historian Mark Bray about the origins of modern anti-fascist movements.
Sarah Jaffe
Labor
The Right Wing Has a Vast, Secret Plot to Destroy Unions for Good. Here’s How to Fight Back.
Shaun Richman
Dispatch
Socialism, Coming to a State Fair Near You
Give us funnel cake, but give us roses too.
Rebecca Burns
Feature
Police Union Fought Reforms To Address Sexual Assault by Officers
An examination of lobbying records shine a light on the behind-the-scenes clout of the Fraternal Order of Police.
Adeshina Emmanuel
Labor
In D.C.’s Wealthiest Suburbs, It’s Round 2 in the Fight for $15
Bruce Vail
Feature
Leftists to the Rescue: Where the State and Big NGOs Fail, Mutual Aid Networks Step In
In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, solidarity-based, grassroots networks are helping Houston residents pick up the pieces.
Jared Ware
Labor
Transforming Society as Capitalism Crumbles: Lessons from Brazil’s Peasant Movement
Rafael Soriano and Débora Nunes
Rural America
Not Covered: Why Our National Flood Insurance Program is (Also) Underwater
Robert W. Klein
Feature
In a Seismic Shift to the Left, Medicare for All Is Emerging as the New Democratic Party Consensus
The historic support for Bernie Sanders’ healthcare bill shows that single payer is becoming mainstream—with or without support of the party establishment.
Miles Kampf-Lassin
Feature
How Bad Politics and Bad Planning Make Hurricanes Even Worse
To prepare for the impacts of climate change, other cities must learn the lessons of Hurricane Harvey.
Ashley Dawson
Feature
Single Payer Is on the National Agenda—And It’s Thanks to People’s Movements
It’s up to grassroots movements to demand—and win—the healthcare system we need.
Ben Palmquist
Culture
Single-Payer Healthcare In 5 Minutes Or Less
Everyone is getting behind this prescription for a better healthcare system. But what is it exactly?
Dayton Martindale
Feature
The Only Real Solution to the “North Korea Crisis”: A Vibrant Anti-Imperialist Movement
The Okinawan people’s movement against U.S. militarism provides a roadmap for a radical, transnational resistance to war.
Lisa Torio
Rural America
Rural America’s Population Declines for the Sixth Straight Year
John Cromartie
Feature
A Left Strategy for Breaking the Power of Trump and His White-Supremacist Base
It's time for the anti-capitalist Left to bring the fight to the electoral arena.
Max Elbaum
Feature
White Supremacist Violence Is All Too American
Whenever Black Americans make advances, they face a torrent of racist backlash.
Robert Greene II
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