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Rural America

Scalawags, Rednecks, Mudsills and Swamp People: 400 Years on America’s Fringe

John Collins

Feature

Betraying Progressives, DNC Platform Backs Fracking, TPP and Israel Occupation

Appointees by Hillary Clinton and Debbie Wasserman-Schulz resoundingly rejected proposals put forth by Bernie Sanders surrogates.

Lauren McCauley

Feature

Michel Foucault, Neoliberalism and the Failures of the Left

Rather than criticizing and working against the rise of a free market-oriented liberalism, sociologist Daniel Zamora argues that Foucault was actually somewhat sympathetic to it.

Daniel Zamora and Dave Zeglen

Labor

South Korean Independent Labor Leader Faces 8 Years in Jail for Union Protests

Yi San

Viewpoint

After Brexit, European Left Calls for ‘Massive Political Opposition’

What Europe needs more than ever to avoid a slide into a xenophobic, deflationary, 1930s-like abyss.

Nadia Prupis

Labor

A Oaxaca Teacher Explains Why Educators in Mexico Are Under Attack

A.S. Dillingham and René González Pizarro

Culture

Capitalism’s Favorite Show

Undercover Boss is a mirage.

Michael Terry

Labor

Maestros de Chicago Protestan en Solidaridad con los Educadores Oaxaqueños

Parker Asmann

Labor

Chicago Teachers Organize in Support of Mexican Colleagues After Violent Clashes in Oaxaca

Parker Asmann

Culture

A French Take on John Wayne

When a French family tries to hold on to the past, it doesn't end well.

Michael Atkinson

Comics

The Problem With the Democrats’ No Fly List Gun Control Bill

Matt Bors

Labor

New Chicago Law Will Give Almost Half a Million Workers Guaranteed Paid Sick Leave

Jeff Schuhrke

17% Of The Prison Population Has Hepatitis C, Here’s How That Could Change

George Lavender

Culture

Requiem for an American Dream

Between fiction and reality in rural Louisiana.

Michael Atkinson

Feature

The Brexit Vote and the Future of the European Union

We can only hope that common sense will prevail.

Jane Miller

Feature

At the People’s Summit, Activists Plot How to Take Bernie Sanders’ Revolution Down Ballot

Participants are looking to carry their momentum on to local races around the country.

Simon Davis-Cohen

Labor

After Teachers Union Protests Against Education Reform, Mexican Police Kill 8 Protesters in Oaxaca

Parker Asmann

Feature

How Union Contracts Shield Police Departments from DOJ Reforms

Even when the federal government cracks down on police abuses, collective bargaining agreements often stymie reforms.

Adeshina Emmanuel