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Fireworks Explode in New York Over Chinese Bridge Deal

Bruce Vail

Labor

After Outcry, McDonald’s Franchise Drops Compulsory ‘Payroll Debit Cards’

Sarah Jaffe

Labor

Why a Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Laid-Off Photojournalists Defend Their Field

Kari Lydersen

Video

‘Mos Def’ Force-Fed to Call Attention to Guantanamo

Emma Foehringer Merchant

Comics

Looking for Mr. Snowden

Matt Bors

Feature

Mr. Miller Goes to Bangladesh

Workplace safety crusader Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) on how to prevent another tragedy like Rana Plaza.

Mike Elk

It’s a TRAP

Lindsay Beyerstein

Feature

Actually, If You’re a Progressive, You Have To Be Critical of the NSA

When the government overreaches, the Left may indeed find common cause with some on the Right.

Zaid Jilani

Labor

Boss-napped: What We Can Learn From China’s Labor Banditry

Michelle Chen

Feature

How Cash Secretly Rules Surveillance Policy

Booz Allen et al donate campaign cash. Politicians praise surveillance. What does Occam's Razor say?

David Sirota

Feature

Taking the Caring Out of Teaching

New York's new teacher evaluation system is tests, tests and more tests.

Sarah Jaffe

Viewpoint

Welcome Back, Jim Crow

With a helping hand from the Supreme Court, the GOP can cling to power by disenfranchising voters.

Joel Bleifuss

Comics

The Definition of Marriage

Matt Bors

N.C. Senators Sneaked In a Late-Night Anti-Abortion Bill–and Woke Up To a Throng of Protestors

Kristin Rawls

Army Spying Campaign Leads to Anti-War Activists Being Labeled ‘Domestic Terrorists’

Griffin Bur

Labor

Senator Boxer Tears Into the EPA Over West, Texas Explosion

Mike Elk

Labor

Reformers Win D.C. Teachers Union Election, Make Gains in Newark

Bhaskar Sunkara

Egypt’s Morsi Removed From Power By Military

Jessica Corbett