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McDonald’s Management’s Response to Workers’ Burns on the Job: “Just Put Some Mustard On It”

Lillian Osborne

Labor

After 6-Week Strike, Oil Workers Say They Have “Won Vast Improvements in Safety and Staffing”

David Moberg

Feature

How Unions Can Grow Stronger in the Wake of Right To Work

Now that the former union bastion of Wisconsin has become the 25th 'right to work' state, labor must seriously address the question: How to organize under these conditions?

David Moberg

San Diego Rapper Facing 25 Years To Life For Mixtape Could Have Case Dismissed

George Lavender

Feature

Netanyahu’s Not So Secret Plan

Netanyahu is creating an Israel that will stretch from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea.

Marilyn Katz

Feature

On David Brooks and the “Moral Failures” of the Poor

We aren’t bereft of morals, as Brooks argues—we are plagued with bad ones that blame the poor for their own condition.

Emmett Rensin

Labor

SEIU State Council Reverses Course, Endorses Jesus “Chuy” Garcia’s Run Against Rahm Emanuel

Micah Uetricht

Rural America

A Great Transition? Where We Stand

Paul Raskin

Labor

Los Angeles Teachers Poised to Strike for First Time in 26 Years

Mario Vasquez

Labor

Scott Walker and Bruce Rauner’s Assaults On Organized Labor Are Also an Opportunity

Elizabeth Tandy Shermer

Feature

Why Did Gov. Chris Christie Settle New Jersey’s Pollution Lawsuit Against Exxon Mobil?

One possible answer is simple: money—more specifically, campaign cash.

David Sirota

Culture

Big Data Is Watching You

The hidden price of Google, Twitter and Facebook.

Joanna Scutts

Labor

Michele Bachmann in ‘Sharknado 3’: Brought to You By ‘Strikenado’ Scabs

David Dayen

Labor

Joseph Stiglitz on the Trans Pacific Partnership: “This Is A Big Deal”

Alexandros Orphanides

Feature

After Rahm Emanuel’s Alleged Explosion, Mental Health Activists Demand Respect

Activists say the mayor has yet to reckon with the effects of his mental health clinic closures.

Maya Dukmasova

Labor

In a Major Victory for Academic Labor, NYU Grad Students Win Contract, Narrowly Avert Strike

Kevin Solari

Feature

When Good Political Arguments Go Bad: On “Critique Drift”

It’s time to recognize that the injunction against criticizing those who self-identify as activists for social justice is a dead-end for our movement.

Freddie deBoer

Culture

Labour Pains

There’s a U.K. General Election in May and I don’t know how to vote.

Jane Miller