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Culture

The War on Billie Holiday

The Bureau of Narcotics' strange obsession

Johann Hari

Feature

Should Rahm Emanuel Be Exempt From Ethics Laws?

Executives at firms managing Chicago pension money have made more than $600,000 in donations to the mayor, despite a city ordinance—and an executive order by Emanuel himself—restricting contributions from city contractors.

David Sirota

Feature

Bill Moyers on ‘Selma’: ‘Powerful But Flawed’ Portrayal of LBJ’s Civil Rights Record

LBJ's former White House Press Secretary says that while the film sometimes "suggests the very opposite of the truth," it's well worth watching.

BillMoyers.com Staff

Comics

Charlie Hedbo’s Humorless Killers

Matt Bors

Feature

Salman Rushdie on Charlie Hebdo: ‘Vilifying … These Fallen Artists’ Is ‘Disgraceful’

The target of an infamous fatwa weighs in on satire, free speech and religion.

Terry J. Allen

Labor

In Surprise Announcement, Karen Lewis Says She Will Return to Chicago Teachers Union Next Week

Micah Uetricht

Culture

Portrait of the Artist as a Dying Class

Scott Timberg argues that we've lost the scaffolding of middle-class jobs—record-store clerk, critic, roadie—that made creative scenes thrive.

Joanna Scutts

Labor

We Need Less Work, Not More

Alexandra Bradbury

Labor

Is Gov. Scott Walker Preparing to Push for Right to Work in Wisconsin?

Roger Bybee

Feature

Why Eric Garner Couldn’t Breathe

The chokehold is only half the story of homicidal violence.

Terry J. Allen

Feature

Sen. Lindsey Graham Attempts to Exploit Fear After Charlie Hebdo Terrorist Attacks

The South Carolina senator's charge that President Obama is to blame for terrorism is based on no evidence—and only serves to stoke fear among Americans.

Chris Edelson

Feature

The Upside of a Republican Congress

Progressives face a 'tough slog,' but so do Obama's pro-corporate trade deals.

Cole Stangler

Labor

We Don’t Just Need ‘More Jobs’—We Need Higher Wages

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Viewpoint

The New Cuba: Capitalism with a Socialist Face?

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is delighted that Obama normalized relations with Cuba.

Joel Bleifuss

Labor

Whole Foods Worker Fired for ‘Stealing’ a Sweater—Though It Never Left the Store

Trish Kahle

Labor

Blood On Their Hands: The Racist History of Modern Police Unions

Flint Taylor

Feature

Agent Carter’s ‘Feminism’ Is More About Making Money Than Gender Equality

Feminist, sexist, conservative, liberal—Marvel will give us any kind of superhero our heart desires as long as it makes them rich.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature

An Open Letter to a Young Army Ranger, From an Old One: Why the War On Terror Isn’t Your Battle

"I’m writing this letter in the hope that offering you a little of my own story might help frame the bigger picture for you."

Rory Fanning