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When Labor Groups and Silicon Valley Capitalists Join Forces to “Disrupt” Protections for Employees
Jay Youngdahl and Darwin BondGraham
Rural America
Political Economy
Mark Twain
Labor
The Entire Labor Movement Should Be Paying Attention to Wisconsin’s Kohler Strike
Joe Burns
Feature
Chicago’s Racial Justice Movement Can’t Stop at the Resignation of Police Chief Garry McCarthy
McCarthy's resignation should be seen as the beginning, not the end.
Charles Brown
Feature
Barbara Ehrenreich: America’s Blue-Collar White People Are Dying at an Astounding Rate
Could the bump in white working class deaths be the result of widespread despair?
Barbara Ehrenreich
Rural America
An Interview with the 15-Year-Old Who is Suing Obama for Not Stopping Climate Change
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Dispatch
How One City Is Making Sure Bosses Comply With Wage Theft and Paid Sick Leave Laws
Seattle's labor regulators are now under one roof.
Jake Blumgart
Labor
Black Friday Protests: A New Holiday for Progressives?
David Moberg
Feature
The Robots Are Coming. Whether They’ll Be Job Terminators or Job Transformers Is Up to Us.
Don't fear the robot.
David Moberg
Viewpoint
For Laquan McDonald and All Victims of Police Brutality, We Have To Win
If the progressive movement can't organize itself to fight back against racism and injustice in Chicago and around the country, police murders like those of Laquan McDonald, Freddie Gray and Rekia Boyd will never stop.
Katelyn Johnson
Labor
“I often had to skip meals”: Senate Dining Room Workers Want a Union, Say They’re Living in Poverty
Bruce Vail
Rural America
Before Bernie Sanders: A 19th Century Populist’s Run for the Presidency
John Collins
Culture
The Great Academic Novel
At the ripe age of 50, John Williams' "Stoner" is getting the attention it deserves
Joanna Scutts
After 16 Years in Prison DNA Evidence Leads to Exoneration
George Lavender
Labor
When America Was Overcome with Anti-Japanese Xenophobia During WWII, One Union Fought Back
Peter Cole
Feature
American Hunger-Related Healthcare Costs Exceeded $160 Billion in 2014, According to New Study
Food insecurity, especially for children, remains near record high despite the Great Recession’s official end.
Elizabeth Grossman
Feature
Henry Kissinger’s Neverending Psychological Warfare
What if the "psy-war" the young Kissinger was captivated by is still ongoing?
Joseph Fronczak
Comics
The Syria Plan We’ve Been Waiting For
Matt Bors
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