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GOP Bill Would Deny Food Stamps to Striking Workers and Their Families

Lindsay Beyerstein

Weekly Mulch: Interior to Lease More Wyoming Coal; Michigan’s Unfinished Oil Spill Clean-Up

Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger

Labor

American Workplaces Are Safer…But Not for Everyone

Kari Lydersen

Viewpoint

A New Red Dawn

David Sirota

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Fox Populi

Frances Fox Piven on how to grow the movement, and Glenn Beck-inspired death threats.

Joel Bleifuss

Labor

Why Stephen Lerner’s Bold Bank Campaign Idea Is Necessary

Mike Elk

Questions and Costs of Operation Odyssey Dawn

David Szydloski

Labor

UAW Plans for Negotiations, Organizing, Rebuilding Power

David Moberg

Labor

Do Workers with Criminal Backgrounds Deserve a Second Chance?

Michelle Chen

Labor

A Lawsuit, 1,000 E-mails and San Francisco’s Superfund Site

Rose Arrieta

Weekly Diaspora: Big Business Dictates Immigration Policy—At Workers’ Expense

Catherine Traywick, Media Consortium blogger

Viewpoint

Hold Them Accountable: Merit Pay for Congress

James Thindwa

Feature

Diet Hard: With a Vengeance

Less than three years after the last food crisis peaked, prices—along with hunger and malnutrition—are up again. Don't (only) blame nature.

David Moberg

Labor

Foundry Workers Strike to Save Their Healthcare

David Bacon

Labor

One Right-Wing Strategy Creates a Thousand Local Battles

Amy Dean

Labor

After the Rescue: Unions Push Chile to Adopt International Mining Standards

Akito Yoshikane

Weekly Pulse: Vermont Poised to Pass Single-Payer

Lindsay Beyerstein

Feature

Fired for the Crime of Working

Not much has changed for undocumented workers since Obama took office.

David Bacon