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Gerrymandering Isn’t the (Only) Problem

Redrawing district lines will never eliminate the unfair bias toward Republicans in House elections. Here's what will.

Rob Richie

TransCanada Cuts Corners in Protecting U.S. Water Supply from Possible Keystone XL Spills

Anthony Mangini

8 Reasons the ‘Walmart Winter’ is a Game Changer

James Tracy and Jenya Cassidy

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The Will to Secede

With the re-election of Barack Obama, secession rears its head.

G. Pascal Zachary

On Being, Or Not Being, Adam Lanza’s Mother

Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor

Fighting Fiscal-Cliff Cuts, Home Care Workers and Employers Forge Alliance

Kari Lydersen

Vital Signs: Labor Takes On Durbin; Indigenous ‘Idle No More’ Movement Escalates

Ben Lorber

The Good Bears Project

Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor

Teachers Unions Respond to CT Shooting; Egypt Cracks Down on Unions; Federal Judges Sue Over Pay

Mike Elk

Labor

Toxic Train Wreck Exposes Weakness in Federal Chemical Policy

Michelle Chen

Labor

The Battle of Indianapolis: Workers Win Gains Despite Right-to-Work Laws

Fran Quigley

Video

Chicago Teachers Union Says Stand Up to the Fat Cats

Alan Kimmel

Banking on Detention: Demonstrators Call on Wells Fargo to Divest from Private Prisons

Rebecca Burns

Feature

End the Mansion Subsidy

If you can afford a million-dollar mortgage, you don't need a tax break.

David Sirota

The ‘Fight for Fifteen’ Is On

Ben Lorber

Labor

Death Notice For A Steel Mill: Sparrows Point To Be Liquidated, Razed

Bruce Vail

Labor

JFK Airport Security Workers Declare Strike, Protesting Lack of Training

Sarah Jaffe

Labor

The Young and the Disconnected

Michelle Chen