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After Decades In Solitary Confinement Judge Orders Last Member of Angola 3 Released

George Lavender

Culture

In Bed with the Surveillance State: Laura Poitras’ Intimate New Whitney Show

The filmographer best known for Citizenfour reveals the inside workings of our post-9/11 world

Liz Pelly

Feature

NY Times Rounds Up ‘Left-Leaning Economists’ Opposed to Bernie Sanders for a Unicorn Hunt

So slight is these economists' leftward lean that it would require very sensitive equipment to measure.

Doug Henwood

Feature

We’re Rethinking Prisons. Is It Time to Rethink Sex Offender Registries?

Criminal justice reform is in the air. But not for everyone.

Erica R. Meiners

Viewpoint

Bruce Rauner’s 1 Percent-Friendly Policies Are Making Things Worse for Illinois, Not Better

The near-billionaire governor keeps insisting his policies increase opportunities for Illinoisans. But the numbers tell a different story.

Marilyn Katz

Labor

As Long As the Supreme Court Is Setting Labor Policy, the Labor Movement Can Never Revive Itself

Joe Burns

Labor

Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS Group Now Has the Same Tax Designation as the Red Cross or Humane Society

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Feature

The Mainstream Media Barely Mentioned Bernie Sanders’ Recent Debate Comments on Henry Kissinger

On the major networks' newscasts, the exchange was only mentioned twice.

Jim Naureckas

Feature

New York Times Invents Left-Leaning Economists to Attack Bernie Sanders

The Times pieces misleads readers into thinking there is more skepticism about Sanders' plan among lefty economists than there actually is.

Dean Baker

Dispatch

The Novel Defense That Climate Change Activists Are Using in Court

Not guilty on grounds of planetary necessity

Justyna Bicz

Viewpoint

Why Bill de Blasio’s Housing Plan Is Nowhere Near Affordable for Low- and Mid-Wage New Yorkers

Expanding New York City's housing supply is not enough to expand affordable housing.

Jonathan Westin

Viewpoint

An Open Letter to Rep. John Lewis on My Grandmother and the Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement was made up of people whose names never made it into the history books.

Douglas Williams

Feature

This Video Appears To Show Bernie Sanders Being Arrested at a 1963 Civil Rights Action in Chicago

It looks like there's proof of the presidential candidate participating in civil disobedience to end segregation

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Labor

Friedrichs Is Dead; Labor’s Crisis Is Not. The ‘Scalia Dividend’ Is a Rare Opportunity for Unions.

Shaun Richman

Labor

When Scalia Died, So Did ‘Friedrichs’—And an Even Grander Scheme To Destroy Unions

Moshe Z. Marvit

Feature

Allen Dulles and the Cold War Within the National Security State

Looking back to the origins of the national security state helps us understand its power and scope today.

Joseph Fronczak

Feature

Uranium Mine and Mill Workers are Dying, and Nobody Will Take Responsibility

In the Southwest, poisoned uranium workers are still seeking justice

Joseph Sorrentino

Labor

NLRB Ruling Says 2 California Nurses Were Illegally Fired During Union Drive

Peter Dreier