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In National Day of Action To Raise Minimum Wage, New Yorkers Stage Stealth Sit-In

Sarah Jaffe

Labor

U.S. ‘Bangladesh Action Plan’ Calls for Safety Hotline, More Inspectors

Mike Elk

Feature

Orange Is the New Black, Episode 1: The New McNulty

Orange is the New Black's main character is its weakest link—but you should watch it anyway.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Grandparents Join Their Grandchildren in a 60-Mile Hike for Climate Justice

Cole Stangler

Labor

Chicago Teachers Protest Layoffs, Chanting ‘Emanuel Has Got To Go!’

Kari Lydersen

Feature

Why NSA Surveillance Should Alarm Labor

If unions are not speaking out against PRISM, it is because they have short memories.

Sam Adler-Bell and David Segal

Wisconsin Unions Shrunk Dramatically in Wake of Scott Walker Bill

Patrick James Drennan

Hospitals Should Be Care Providers, Not Loan Sharks

Alternative Press Center

Feature

Wage Theft’s Top Cop

Meet Julie A. Su, bane of the deadbeat employer

Spencer Woodman

Feature

Why the Relentless Assault on Abortion in the U.S.?

We're still not comfortable with recreational sex.

Ruth Rosen

Labor

Award-Winning Chicago Teacher Gets Pink Slip in Round of 2,113 Layoffs

Kari Lydersen

Comics

U.S. Race Relations

Matt Bors

Feature

Who Will Stand Up to Wall Street?

While the House continues kowtowing, a select few in the Senate are working to tame the banks.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Feature

A Progressive Alternative to Austerity

Passing steeper taxes on the rich isn't as hard as you'd think.

Fred Glass

Labor

The Most Injurious Job in America

Mike Elk

Feature

Deus ex YouTube

The Newsroom recap: Aaron Sorkin introduces us to The Internet.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Sex Workers Rise Up After Fatal Stabbings

Melissa Gira Grant

Feature

Representing Evil

On the portrayal of (alleged) criminals and the American psyche.

Richard Baker