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Labor

With Solidarity in Spades, Vermont Bus Drivers’ 18-Day Strike Results in Big Win

Jonathan Leavitt

Feature

Corruption in the Windy City

In times of crisis, public employees often take the fall while the corporate class prospers.

David Sirota

Labor

The Paycheck Fairness Act Would Have Helped All Workers, Not Just Women

Moshe Z. Marvit

Labor

West Virginia’s Water May Be Safer, But Mine Workers Could Still Be in Danger

Melinda Tuhus

Labor

Striking Workers Shame Prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital Over Low Pay

Bruce Vail

Culture

Nymphomaniac: Lars Von Trier’s Masturbatory Fantasy

The two-part film feels like the work of teenage boy.

Michael Atkinson

Comics

The 3 Branches of Government

Jeff Danziger

Feature

Barbara Ehrenreich on Science vs. Mysticism

In Ehrenreich's new book, she comes out about mystical experiences in her teens. Then she puts them under a microscope.

Sarah Jaffe

Dispatch

Charter Schools: The Promise and the Peril

Two systems of public education go head-to-head in Chicago.

Joel Bleifuss

Feature

How To Curb Gentrification

A new report from California housing advocates and racial justice organizers lays out a blueprint.

Julia Wong

Culture

The Minor Leagues’ Major Malfunction

Curt Flood's landmark antitrust suit transformed the Major League, but the Minor League is still bound by archaic rules.

Chris Lehmann

11 Arrested at Chicago-Area #Not1More Action

Nyki Salinas-Duda

Unpaid Interns Gain Support From Labor Department

Sarah Berlin

Feature

The McCutcheon Ruling Is Citizens United 2.0

The Supreme Court's decision to remove caps on personal political campaign contributions will tighten the 1% stranglehold on American politics.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Comics

The Real 2016 GOP Primary

Matt Bors

Feature

What Europe Can Learn from Ukraine

European leftists are too quick to patronize Ukrainian protesters.

Slavoj Žižek

Announcing a New Prison Complex Editor

George Lavender

Labor

Maryland To Raise Minimum Wage to $10.10 an Hour—But Only After Foot-Dragging From Some Dems

Bruce Vail