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The Biggest Threat to the Black Vote

The best way to defend African-American voting rights is to end the War on Drugs.

James Thindwa

Viewpoint

What a Tangled (World Wide) Web

Have our youth lost the gift of boredom?

Jane Miller

Labor

New York City Immigrants Test a New Economic “Bridge”

Michelle Chen

Feature

Orange Is The New Black, Episode 9: The Road To Hell

Piper braves the horrors of solitary confinement while Alex stares down her Pennsatucky past.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature

Steal From the Rich, Give to the Middle Class

Could the Robin Hood Tax help save our economy?

Andrew Elrod

On Government Prison Contracts To Buy And Sell Human Beings: 2013 Edition

Matt Stroud

Feature

The Thousand-Year Flood

Climate change: You can run, but you can't hide.

David Sirota

Home Care Workers Win Big

Nat Stein

Viewpoint

Don’t Hate the Player

In defense of Alex Rodriguez.

Bhaskar Sunkara

Labor

Off the Rails: How a Lack of Oversight Doomed Lac-Megantic

Roger Bybee

Dispatch

Is Fight for 15 for Real?

A hard look at the campaign by retail and fast-food workers to earn a living wage.

Micah Uetricht

Labor

Treasury Rejects Labor’s Top Obamacare Demand

David Moberg

Feature

Welfare Reform 2.0?

House Republicans are gearing up for massive food stamp cuts.

Cole Stangler

‘We cannot afford to stay on our current path’: Senate Begins Debate Over Mandatory Minimums

Matt Stroud

Workers Take Center Stage in Occupy’s Second Anniversary

Sarah Jaffe

Labor

D.C. City Council Defeats Living Wage Bill

Cole Stangler

Feature

Orange Is the New Black, Episode 8: Trapped in the Dryer

Pennsatucky traps Alex in a dryer. Complex emotional growth ensues.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature

A Different Path for Syria—and America’s Cities

Will U.S. diplomacy in Syria carve a new path towards peace at home and abroad?

Marilyn Katz