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Labor

A View of Germany’s Economy from Die Linke, the Left Party

Amien Essif

Labor

Milwaukee Public Schools Staffer Suspended After Flipping Off Union Organizer

Marc Daalder

Comics

How to Deal with Internet Trolls

Matt Bors

Labor

Forced Trade and the Damaging Effects of the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Labor

Hawaii Teachers Union Reformers: Old Guard Rejected Election “Because They Didn’t Like” Results

Samantha Winslow

Feature

Meet the 25-Year-Old Native Hip Hop Artist Who’s Using Music to Combat Colonialism

The Sicangu Lakota artist talks about growing up on a reservation and using music to educate young Native people.

Jessica Koski

Witness Testimony From Attica Prison Uprising Released for First Time

George Lavender

Feature

The GOP and ALEC’s War on Cities

The Right has hijacked Congress and State Houses. Now it's coming for the cities.

Theo Anderson

Feature

Mad Max: Fury Road and the Glaring Whiteness of Post-Apocalyptic Films

Will people of color ever make it to the end of the world?

Nashwa Khan

Feature

The Prospects for Radical Democracy in Spain

The upcoming municipal elections will be a key test for the rising leftist movement in Spain.

Vicente Rubio Pueyo and Pablo La Parra

Feature

Illinois Bill Would Ban State Pension Funds from Divesting from Israel

The anti-worker and anti-Palestinian agenda seem to be converging in Illinois.

Ben Lorber

Labor

Why Did the New York Times Ask Everybody But Grad Students About Grad Student Unions?

Anna Waltman, Natasha Raheja and Shannon Ikebe

Labor

Chicago Armored Truck Employees Say They Were Fired for Participating in Fight for 15 Strike

Arielle Zionts

Feature

Amtrak’s Spectrum Gap

The main reason for the derailment? Amtrak failed to acquire broadcast rights to send automatic safety communications.

David Sirota

Labor

Fast Food Workers Take Their Fight to McDonald’s Shareholders Meeting

David Moberg

Labor

After Police Union Pressure, Teacher Fired for Allowing Students to Write Letters to Mumia Abu-Jamal

Mario Vasquez

Culture

Why Silicon Valley Won’t Solve the World’s Problems

In Geek Heresy, former Microsoft do-gooder Kentaro Toyama reconsiders tech-based social-change initiatives.

Chris Lehmann

Feature

A Historian’s Case for Why We Should Stop Talking About the Founding Fathers

In American politics, the Founding Fathers are more propaganda than people.

David Sehat