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Labor

Corporate-Approved State Bills Kick Low-Wage Workers While They’re Down

Michelle Chen

‘Let’s Run Amok in This Pit’: For Anne Scargill, The Fight Goes On

Kari Lydersen

Service Strike May Bring Campus to Screeching Halt

Ian Becker

Labor

Top Democrats Differ On Ending Subminimum Wage For Workers With Disabilities

Mike Elk

Feature

Labor and Allies, Surprised By Obama’s $9 Minimum Wage Proposal, Scramble to Coordinate

The president wants $9, Congressional Democrats want $10.10--but everyone's optimistic.

Mike Elk

Comics

Tar Sands

Jeff Danziger

Feature

Ode on a Grecian Radical

Will Greece choose austerity, or Alexis Tsipras?

Bhaskar Sunkara

Vital Signs: Oil Giants for Feminism; Maple Spring Revival

Ben Lorber

Feature

An Unrepresentative Democracy

America isn't nearly as conservative as our lawmakers think.

David Sirota

Feature

This Progressive Stands With Rand

Sen. Rand Paul's 13-hour filibuster struck a much-needed blow at the Obama administration's senseless drone warfare.

Zaid Jilani

Feature

Milwaukee’s Best Farmer

Growing Power's Will Allen is the next big thing in farming.

Dan Schneider

Labor

Day Laborers Defend Their Right to Public Space in Court

Michelle Chen

Video

Have Your Mind Blown by this Shocking Video on Wealth Inequality in America

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Feature

The Invisible Fist

The GOP respects the hand of the market, but disrespects those who work for it.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Detroit’s Private-Sector Boom Leaves Residents in the Lurch

Jack Bedrosian

Beaten Haitian Worker Continues Fight for $7-Per-Day Wage

Dan Schneider

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Dies at 58

Camille Beredjick

Labor

Will Chicago Save Money From School Closings? The Evidence Is Thin

Matthew Blake