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Labor

Day-Care and Home-Care Workers Get Ready to Enjoy New Rights in Conn.

Melinda Tuhus

22 Attorneys General Support Brief Against Citizens United

Matt Bellassai

Viewpoint

The GOP’s Dukakis Problem

Republicans gloat that President Obama's days are numbered—but Romney could go the way of Michael Dukakis.

Theo Anderson

Labor

When People Become ‘Labor Costs’: Fortune Celebrates Honeywell CEO, Ignores Unionbusting

Mike Elk

Labor

New Chicago Air Cargo Center: More Chinese Imports, and More Jobs?

Kari Lydersen

Feature

Our Silent Spring

Fifty years after Rachel Carson's warning call, have we learned anything?

Molly Bennet

Veterans Return Medals, Protesters Face Violence During Mass March on NATO Summit

Rebecca Burns

NAACP Endorses Marriage Equality

Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor

Nurses Lead NATO Protest for ‘Robin Hood Tax’

David Moberg

As the G8 Opens at Camp David, Thousands Rally in Chicago for Tax on Wall Street

Rebecca Burns

Labor

Facing Common Struggles, Domestic Workers Mobilize Across Borders

Michelle Chen

Viewpoint

Yes, We Can Walk and Chew Gum

The GOP notion that we can't pursue gay rights while fixing the economy is a red herring.

David Sirota

Labor

In Contract Vote, American Airlines Workers Split Over Bankruptcy Concessions

Josh Eidelson

Labor

Amid ‘Sabotage’ Investigation, Honeywell Lays Off Plant’s Entire Union Workforce

Mike Elk

Feature

Javier Sicilia: Leading His Caravan to Washington

After his son was murdered, a Mexican poet took the helm of a new movement challenging the War on Drugs.

Joel Bleifuss

“I Would Get Arrested If I Unzipped That Dress”

Lindsay Beyerstein

Culture

HBO’s Female Regression Analysis: Girls and Veep

American pop culture teems with characters afraid of adult responsibilities.

Chris Lehmann

Labor

Mexico’s Cananea Strikers: Fighting for the Right to a Union

David Bacon