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Labor

Disappointing—That’s the Word for Jobs Report, Prospects for Full Recovery

David Moberg

Culture

Courage and Convictions

Would you actually risk your life for justice?

Jane Miller

Labor

Obama Administration Pushes to Privatize Poultry Inspection

Mike Elk

SPLC Sues Notorious New Orleans Jail

Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor

Labor Leaders Take Alabama Immigration Law Repeal Bid to Berlin

Kari Lydersen

Viewpoint

Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need New Roads

The U.S. pays a hefty toll, both socially and economically, for its road construction fetish.

David Sirota

‘Public Transportation Is a Human Right’: Demonstrators in 18 Cities Occupy Transit

Rebecca Burns

Labor

Romney Silent About His Role in NLRB Scandal

Mike Elk

Labor

Labor Coalition Warns Against War With Iran

Roger Bybee

Viewpoint

Katniss: Heroine of the Great Recession

The Hunger Games is about overcoming poverty in a starkly unequal world. Sound familiar?

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature

Why America Needs the Left

The fight for true equality since 1776.

Eli Zaretsky

Spurned By Planned Parenthood, Tucker Max Throws Tantrum

Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor

The Great Training Wreck: Job Skills Deficits and Corporate-Backed Tech Schools

Roger Bybee

Labor

Unrest in Indonesia’s Mines: Local Chaos and Global Injustice

Michelle Chen

Viewpoint

The Assault on Public Education

One of America's greatest achievements is being defunded and degraded by the dictates of the marketplace.

Noam Chomsky

Meet Bahrain’s Best Friend in Congress

Justin Elliott, ProPublica

Labor

2 Years After Upper Big Branch Disaster, Coal Baron Blankenship Is Gone. What Else Has Changed?

Bruce Vail

The Demonization of Trayvon Martin

Lindsay Beyerstein