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Labor

Big Business Aims to Crush Worker Centers

Micah Uetricht

Video

BREAKING: Manning Acquitted on ‘Aiding the Enemy’ Charge, Still Faces 100+ Years in Prison

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Labor

For Fast-Food Strikers in New York, It’s About ‘Moral Values’

Sarah Jaffe

Comics

Manning Verdict In

Matt Bors

Labor

Farmworkers Face Silent Spring in the Fields

Michelle Chen

Keystone XL Protesters Converge On The Capital

Cole Stangler

Feature

The Force Behind Bills To Lower Wages and Suppress Workers’ Rights? You Guessed It: ALEC

The right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council has modeled legislation to strip workers of their rights nationwide.

Mary Bottari and Rebekah Wilce

Labor

Where Are Workers Most Underpaid: Apple, Wal-Mart or McDonald’s?

Paul Buchheit, AlterNet

Snowden’s Father Scolds Obama, Calls NSA Disclosures ‘Civil Disobedience’

Emma Foehringer Merchant

Feature

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Clueless

The Newsroom recap: The 'mission to civilize' makes a comeback. Cover your ears.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Labor

Fast Food Strikes Catch Fire

David Moberg

Feature

Teach for America’s Mission to Displace Rank-and-File Educators in Chicago

Why are thousands of experienced educators being replaced by new college graduates?

Kenzo Shibata

Video

Global Climate Change Depicted By Cello

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Dispatch

A Bill of Rights for the Homeless

Several states are considering guaranteeing civil rights for those without a roof over their heads.

Amien Essif

Labor

To Get Tough on Chemical-Plant Explosions, Feds Make ‘Most Wanted’ List

Mike Elk

‘Legitimate Rape Myth’ Rooted in Fictional Nazi Experiments

Lindsay Beyerstein

Feature

Why Did 83 Democrats Vote to Continue NSA Surveillance?

This time, we can't blame the Republicans.

Cole Stangler

Feature

Helen Thomas: First and Foremost

The White House reporter smashed the glass ceiling for women and set the bar for tenacity.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle