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Feature

Congress Should Do Its Job and Restrain the President’s Wartime Powers

Congress always seems ready to criticize President Obama—except on issues that matters most.

Andrew Bacevich

Labor

Immigrant Activists Call for AFL-CIO To Expel Border Patrol Union After Donald Trump Endorsement

Mario Vasquez

Labor

Despite Major Legislative Advances, Colombian Domestic Workers Still Suffer

Anna-Cat Brigida

Rural America

USDA Secrecy and Corporate Agribusiness: Why Should Organics be Different?

Mark Kastel

Culture

When the Steel Mill Gets Replaced by a GOP Megadonor’s Casino

A new book analyzes the demise of Bethlehem Steel and the rise of a casino in post-industrial Pennsylvania.

Catherine Tumber

Culture

Ta-Nehisi Coates’ New Comic Book ‘Black Panther #1’ Is ‘Black as Hell’

Comic book readers, writers and artists of color have long been excluded from the comic book world. That appears to be changing.

Darryl Holliday

Labor

Martin Luther King Was Assassinated On This Day in 1968—While Fighting For Unions

Peter Cole

Labor

Low-wage Workers Don’t Need $15 an Hour in 2020. They Need $15 Right Now.

Jonathan Rosenblum, Alternet

Labor

Nashville Voted To Give Poor People, Locals New Construction Jobs. But the State GOP Blocked It.

Spencer Woodman

Culture

Prime Minister David Cameron Is Right; the U.K. Should Stay in the EU

But its half-hearted participation must go.

Jane Miller

Labor

Despite School District’s Legal Threats, Chicago Teachers Stage One-Day Political Strike

Rebecca Burns and David Moberg

Rural America

Small Farms Are Getting Regulated Out of Business

John Collins

Labor

Chicago Airport Workers Join 9-City Strike Demanding Higher Wages and a Union

Branko Marcetic

Labor

A Chicago Teacher Explains Why She’s Going on a Potentially Illegal Strike Tomorrow

Micah Uetricht

Culture

Two Upcoming Fims Not Coming to a Theater Near You

'Francofonia' and 'Cemetery of Splendour' are worth tracking down

Michael Atkinson

Labor

These Workers Are Fighting To Keep Your North Face Jacket From Being Made for Poverty Wages

Alex Lubben

Viewpoint

Why Jonathan Chait Is Wrong About Marxism, Liberalism and Free Speech

According to Marxists, the glaring problem with liberalism isn’t its emphasis on freedom and equality, but its inherent inability to ever meaningfully achieve these ideals in practice.

Tyler Zimmer

Viewpoint

The Racist Agenda Behind the Now-Dead ‘Friedrichs’ Supreme Court Case

A negative ruling would have led to a closing of the on-ramp to the middle class for women and people of color.

Naomi Walker