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Labor

Labor for Bernie Kickstarts Effort to Get Unions Behind Sanders With Nearly 2,000 Union Backers

Mario Vasquez

Feature

How Activists Won Reparations for the Survivors of Chicago Police Department Torture

A history of the movement to make Chicago pay for the crimes of former police commander Jon Burge.

Flint Taylor

Labor

In China, Walmart Is Unionized, But Workers Have No Power on the Job

Bruce Vail

Feature

Watch a Very ‘80s Bernie Sanders Make His Folk Music Album on a Public Access TV Show

A 1987 episode of Sanders's public access television show, Bernie Speaks, provides a look at the presidential candidate's musical side.

Lauren Gaynor

Labor

Connecticut Just Passed a Law Requiring Bosses Who Steal Workers’ Wages to Pay Them Back Double

Ava Tomasula y Garcia

New Lawsuit Alleges Systemic Abuse of Solitary Confinement in Illinois

Dayton Martindale

Comics

Public High Schools in Louisiana Are Now Using the Bible in Science Class

Matt Bors

Culture

The Tribe Is a Silent Lord of the Flies

Though entirely in Ukrainian Sign, without subtitles, Slaboshpytskiy's remarkable film will speak to a hearing audience.

Michael Atkinson

Feature

Three U.S. Churches Are Now Debating Divestment From Companies Invested in the Israeli Occupation

The debates come just after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared BDS activism to the Holocaust.

Ryan Rodrick Beiler

Viewpoint

The Anti-Union Bosses’ Group Fighting Fast Food Organizing Is Now Going After Home Care Workers

Can workers centers and unions create a movement strong enough to fight back?

Mariya Strauss, Political Research Associates

Feature

Dylann Roof’s Rhodesian, South African Flags Symbolize White Supremacy. So Does the Confederate Flag

That a racist mass murderer would embrace of the three flags should end the debates about whether or not the Confederate flag can mean anything other than racism.

Peter Cole

Rural America

Too Many Farmers? The Debate Continues

Fred Kirschenmann

Feature

Good News for Bernie Sanders? Poll Shows 47% of Americans Would Vote for a Socialist

A sizeable chunk of Americans say they'd consider voting to send a socialist to the Oval Office.

Marc Daalder

Rural America

Neil Young Sings Out Against the Age of Agribusiness

Maia Welbel

Feature

Going Beyond Labor’s Limitations: Larry Cohen Reflects on His Time as a Progressive Union President

An interview with Larry Cohen, outgoing Communications Workers of America president, on how the U.S. labor movement can go bigger.

David Moberg

Comics

Why the Media Doesn’t Call Massacres By White Supremacists “Terrorism”

Matt Bors

Labor

America Needs a New Vision for Trade—Not More Fast-Track Deals Benefitting the Rich

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Culture

A Century After Ota Benga’s Captivity, Elites Still Don’t Understand White Supremacy

Over a century after a Congolese man was displayed at the Bronx Zoo monkey exhibit, white elites still stubbornly believe they are benevolent, not supremacist.

Chris Lehmann