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Siri and the High-Tech Gender Gap

The bad habits of the iPhone 4's voice are a reminder: America's tech developers are overwhelmingly male.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

It’s Official: Mumia Abu-Jamal Will Not Receive Death Penalty

Lisa Klein

Labor

Amid Fruitless Corporate Tax Breaks, Gov. Walker Grows Unpopular

Roger Bybee

Labor

As Struggling Town Considers New Mine, Ex-Miners Look Back With Ambivalence

Kari Lydersen

Occupy Goes Underground

Allison Kilkenny

Feature

Killing Us Sweetly

Conservatives' role in the growing burden of American obesity.

Theo Anderson

Labor

25,000 Workers Strike Across Europe

Patrick Glennon

Labor

Massey Mine Explosion Settlement Doesn’t Address Basic Problem: Company’s Anti-Unionism

Mike Elk

Labor

Health Reform Devolves Into ‘Unaffordable Under-Insurance’

Roger Bybee

Obama Overrules FDA on Plan B

Lindsay Beyerstein

The Steady Occupation: Does Occupy Chicago’s South Side Camp Point a New Way Forward?

Joe Macaré

Hundreds Occupy East New York To Reclaim Homes

Allison Kilkenny

Culture

Our Mutual Enemy: Money

Like Dickens' cast of characters, we remain bewildered by money—and our lack of it.

Jane Miller

Better and Worse Pretexts for Drag Comedies

Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor

A String of Slaughterhouse Successes for UFCW

Kari Lydersen

Viewpoint

Marching Off the Cliff

The world wants UN climate talks in Durban to succeed, but U.S. intransigence blocks the way forward.

Noam Chomsky

Banning Hate: Germany May Outlaw Political Party After Neo-Nazi Revelations

Patrick Glennon

Labor

Under Pressure From Congress, Railroad Workers Union Accepts Concessions

Mike Elk