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The New Star Wars Film is the Same Old Hackneyed Nonsense—Please Don’t Kill Me for Saying It

With Star Wars: The Force Awakens racking up more and more acclaim, have audiences forgotten the narrative complexity and moral ambiguity cinema is capable of?

Eileen Jones

Labor

How One NYC Trafficking Survivor Went from ‘Slavery’ to Being Her Own Boss—Thanks to a Co-op

Abigail Savitch-Lew

Labor

OSHA Finds $12,000 Worth of Citations at Hotel Where Workers Report Dealing with Blood, Needles

s.e. smith

Labor

How Free Agency Changed the Course of Baseball’s Labor History

Jon Shelton

Comics

Honest Debate Is Harder To Get Than Guns

Matt Bors

Labor

Students Say Loyola University Chicago Admins Punishing Participants in On-Campus Worker Protest

Branko Marcetic

Feature

The Rise of Podemos In Spain’s Election Shows How Much Trouble the Establishment Is In

From Spain’s “Nueva Política” to Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, outsider candidates and parties are catching fire, creating new spaces for political revolution.

Erica Sagrans

Rural America

The Tricky Relationship Between Marijuana and American Indians

Winona LaDuke

Culture

Austerity Is Stranger Than Fiction

Filmed in Portugal in 2013 and 2014, Miguel Gomes' new documentary Arabian Nights tries to make sense of life under IMF rules.

Michael Atkinson

Rural America

Native American Graphic Novel Selected As Among Year’s Best

Stephanie Woodard

Labor

Our Response to the Offshoring of 600 Oreos Jobs Should Be International Solidarity, Not a Boycott

Toby Chow

Labor

After Polling Its Members, Communications Workers of America Endorses Bernie Sanders

Steve Payne

Feature

The U.S. Military Is Expanding Its Secret Drone Warfare in Africa to Combat the Rise of ISIS

American efforts are underway to create a string of drone bases in Africa.

Nick Turse

Rural America

Fracking Bans Are Teaching Americans That They Are Not as Free as They Think

Thomas Linzey

Culture

Europe, A Love Story: Michael Moore’s Latest Film Tries To Sell Social Democracy to America

In 'Where To Invade Next,' Moore marches around Europe with a flag on his shoulder, to dubious effect.

Jeremy Gantz

Labor

Blame Anyone but the Corporations: GOP Fear-Mongering Distracts from the TPP

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Feature

8 Terrible Things About the Trans-Pacific Partnership

It's no wonder the Obama administration tried to keep this secret—the corporate-friendly trade agreement, decoded.

David Moberg

Conviction Vacated in 28-Year Innocence Case

Susan Greene, Colorado Independent