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Is Another Crossfire Possible?
Jon Stewart was wrong: America needs vigorous debate. Too bad the new Crossfire doesn't deliver.
Bhaskar Sunkara
Labor
Fired Whole Foods Worker Fights for Cold Weather Protections
Yana Kunichoff
Feature
Thousands Rally Against Keystone XL as Obama Faces Decision
The two-year-plus political drama is nearing its climax.
Cole Stangler
Labor
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked GM Video Raises Questions About Senator Corker’s Anti-Union History
Mike Elk
Comics
Jamie Dimon’s Robbery
Jeff Danziger
Feature
Angering Environmentalists, AFL-CIO Pushes Fossil-Fuel Investment
Labor's Richard Trumka has gone on record praising the Keystone pipeline and natural gas export terminals.
Cole Stangler
Feature
Northwestern Football Team Makes a Play To Change The Rules
With a historic union bid, players are confronting decades of exploitation.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
Study: DNA exonerations declined in 2013, while non-DNA exonerations rose sharply
Matt Stroud
Feature
Chicago Youth Theater Refuses To Be Silenced
Teens in Chicago are overcoming censorship to share their perspectives on the city's social issues.
Kari Lydersen
Feature
Stockholm Syndrome: A Love Story
'Labor Day' is not the feel-good romance it clearly sets out to be.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
Feature
The Same-Sex Marriage Trap
'The Marrying Kind?' dances around queer critiques of gay marriage.
Yasmin Nair
Thousands Protest Putin’s Crackdown on Dissent
Sarah Berlin
Maine Court Makes ‘Momentous Decision’ in Favor of Transgender Student
Ana Martinez
Dispatch
Single Payer Rises Again
As the ACA takes effect, an alternative gains ground at the state level.
Sarah Jaffe
Feature
Downton Abbey, Season 4, Episode 5: A Black Man Enters Downton, Panic Ensues
Race, like rape, is something Downton's writers don't seem equipped to handle.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
Labor
A House Is Not a Home Without Rights for Care Workers
Michelle Chen
Culture
Not Wasted on the Young
Instead of worrying about achievement, we should be ensuring the young get proper youths.
Jane Miller
Open Letter From NY Jews to Mayor de Blasio: `AIPAC Does Not Speak For Us’
Open Letter From New York Jews
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