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Labor
Global Labor Congress Pushes Back Against ‘Austerity’
Michelle Chen
Dispatch
Got Raw Milk?
Small farmers and consumer advocates say unpasteurized milk bans are about protecting big industry.
Marie Landau
Viewpoint
Another Detroit is Happening—But Which One Do We Need?
At the U.S. Social Forum, thousands of activists are looking for answers to America's biggest problems.
Paul Abowd
Interview
Marie Saint Cyr
Marie Saint Cyr
Comics
bloggersareeverywhere
August Pollak
Labor
Obama’s Stance on NAFTA Rules, Military Aid Aggrieves Mexican Labor
Roger Bybee
Weekly Audit: Senate Republicans Nix Jobs Bill + USSF Coverage
Annie Shields, Media Consortium blogger
Labor
Union: Chicago Adjuncts Fired for Organizing
Kari Lydersen
Labor
Employee or Independent Contractor? Congress Investigates Employee Misclassification
Lindsay Beyerstein
Feature
Ties That Bind: Arizona Politicians and the Private Prison Industry
A revolving cast of lobbyists and legislators blur the line between public service and corporate profits.
Beau Hodai
Feature
Corporate Con Game
How the private prison industry helped shape Arizona’s anti-immigrant law.
Beau Hodai
Labor
Weekly Workers’ Round-Up: Thousands Protest Bloomberg’s Cuts, Spirit Airlines Pilots Strike
Jennifer Braudaway
Labor
Will Deepwater Horizon Families Get Their Due?
Lindsay Beyerstein
Dispatch
Dear ITT Ideologist: Libertarian Clubbers and Privacy Violators
Pete Karman
Labor
Johnson Controls: Bad Faith on Both Sides of Rio Grande
Roger Bybee
Labor
Driven by Globalization, Today’s Slave Trade Thrives at Home and Abroad
Michelle Chen
Labor
Black Shirt Friday Commemorates Railroad Worker Deaths
Kari Lydersen
Culture
‘So Is She Gay?’
Whether or not Elena Kagan is a lesbian shouldn't distract us from a simple fact: America isn't ready for an openly gay Supreme Court judge.
Jeremy Gantz
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