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3 Troubling Things To Know About Billionaire Penny Pritzker

Obama’s Commerce Secretary choice raises serious questions.

David Moberg

Labor

That Unemployment Form Might Violate Your Civil Rights

Michelle Chen

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What’s Speeding Global Warming

Want to save the world? Eat less meat.

David Sirota

Labor

A Swank Sushi Joint Gets a May Day Scolding From Angry Workers

Jake Blumgart

Video

Will Outrage Following the Factory Collapse in Bangladesh Lead to Safer Working Conditions?

Miles Kampf-Lassin

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Boston and Beyond

When we experience terror at home, we must remember the United States's use of terror abroad.

Noam Chomsky

Labor

How Caterpillar Ruined a Union Manufacturing Success Story

Dominique Paul Noth

Breaking Down The Barricades: Chile’s Defiant May Day in Photos

Daniela León Lira

Culture

Powerball Trip

How a proposal for a socially conscious lottery panicked corporations and birthed the 9-figure jackpot.

Matthew Vaz

Comics

Wal-Mart Troubled by Bangladesh Factory Fire

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Labor

Mining Giant Sued Over Silicosis Epidemic

Kari Lydersen

Rats, Student Blocs and Solidarity Swarms: What to Expect on May Day 2013

Sarah Jaffe

Cupcake Feminism

Lindsay Beyerstein

Feature

West Blast Obliterates Safety Lie

The West, Texas disaster proves lax regulations endanger both workers and communities.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Feature

Vietnam’s Legacy

On the 38th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, a snapshot of those who left.

Andrew Lam

Video

The Sad Truth About the West, TX Plant Explosion

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Labor

New Twinkies Will Have a Missing Ingredient: Union Labor

Bruce Vail

‘Torture’ Team Arrives at Gitmo; Obama Reiterates His Vow to Close

Ian Becker