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Feature

The Most Important Thing Missing from Coverage of Syria: The Perspectives of Syrians Themselves

Given that Syrians are the ones most affected by the conflict, it's remarkable how little we hear from them.

Eli Massey

Rural America

God’s Red Pencil? CRISPR and the 3 Myths of Precise Genome Editing

Jonathan R. Latham

Labor

Why I Voted ‘Yes’ To Authorize My Union at CUNY To Call a Strike

Corey Robin

Labor

Garment Factory Workers in Southern California Are Calling for a Boycott of American Apparel

Mario Vasquez

Feature

Why Activists Today Should Still Care About the 40-Year-Old Church Committee Report

The Church Committee Report reveals the lengths the government was willing to go in order to crush grassroots activism and spy on American citizens.

Branko Marcetic

Dispatch

Is Bernie Sanders Right That It’s Time to Phase Out Nuclear Energy?

30 years after Chernobyl, some say we need nuclear power to stop climate change.

Will Boisvert and Jim Riccio

Labor

How Can the Fight for 15 Move From Winning Wage Increases to Winning a Union?

Max Zahn

Viewpoint

Ted Cruz’s ‘Lucifer’ Problem

If no Senators, Republican or Democrat, like Ted Cruz, why should American voters?

Susan J. Douglas

Labor

As Verizon Strike Enters Its Fourth Week, Local Unions Take the Lead in Solidarity

Dan DiMaggio

Rural America

Community Override: When State Legislatures Preempt Democracy

Thomas Linzey

Feature

Democracy’s Fascism Problem

Europe has a ‘democracy deficit’ on both the Left and the Right

Slavoj Žižek

Labor

Indiana Truck Workers Jump-Start Their Union—And Reverse Two-Tier Wages

Chris Brooks

Rural America

The Politics of Fertilizer and the Exxons of Agriculture

GRAIN

Culture

In Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan, A Refugees-Eye View of a France We Rarely See

Three Sri Lankan strangers must pretend to be a family in a strange land

Michael Atkinson

Labor

Tuesday’s Baltimore Primary Results Mean a $15 Minimum Wage Is Likely Coming Soon

Bruce Vail

Dispatch

The Real Heroes of the Flint Water Crisis

Flint residents refuse to be silenced

Victoria Goff

Comics

The Paradox of Life Under President Trump

Matt Bors

Feature

Thomas Frank on How Democrats Went From Being the ‘Party of the People’ to the Party of Rich Elites

Democrats have gone from the party of the New Deal to a party that is defending mass inequality.

Tobita Chow