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Labor

Chicago Teachers Weigh Strike Option Over Employer Demands

David Moberg

What’s a General Strike, Anyway?

Bhaskar Sunkara

Labor

Good News for Transgender and Ex-Offender Workers

Josh Eidelson

Culture

War and Popcorn

Serious war films are going extinct as Hollywood cranks out childish fantasies about heroism and violence.

Michael Atkinson

Dispatch

Radio Is About to Get Better

The FCC is finally ready to re-open its application process for low-powered FM stations. Who's ready to rock the mic?

Kenneth Rapoza

Labor

Labor News Round-Up: DNC Asks Unions For Money, ‘Right-to-Work’ Stalled in MN, Miners Win Victory

Mike Elk

Labor

Another Strange Twist in the NLRB/Romney Campaign Scandal

Mike Elk

Occupy’s Super Tuesday? Get Ready for May Day and Nationwide ‘General Strike’

Patrick Glennon

Viewpoint

The Politics of Sight

Not knowing the truth behind what we consume makes things easier, but at what cost?

David Sirota

Labor

Keeping the Dream Alive: Undocumented Students Eye Uncertain Future, as Federal Reform Stalls

Kari Lydersen

Labor

Postal Workers Unions Continue Fight to Stop Massive USPS Cutbacks

Roger Bybee

Understanding Student Debt

Bhaskar Sunkara

Feature

Mad Men’s Maddening Decline

Season 5 gives fans what they crave. But the lack of subtlety is ruining the show.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Labor

Depression Symptoms: What’s Behind Europe’s Spike in Suicides

Michelle Chen

Deaths at Work Rose in 2010

Lindsay Beyerstein

Culture

A Civil Solution to Labor’s Problems

The key to reviving U.S. workers' fortunes may be as simple as amending the Civil Rights Act.

Louis Nayman

Video

Amr Moussa Announces Bid for Egyptian Presidency

Patrick Glennon

Anders Breivik’s Frightening Testimony

Patrick Glennon