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The Gift America Needs Most: Manufacturing

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Labor

Urban Communities Seek Lift Through Living Wage

Michelle Chen

Viewpoint

The Worst Obsession in the World

Susan J. Douglas

Dispatch

Free Speech, for Art’s Sake

A Chicago sidewalk salesman prepares to sue his city.

Robin Peterson

Labor

One Year After: Republic Workers Face Hard Times With High Hopes

Kari Lydersen

Weekly Audit: Stop Wall Street’s Economic Rampage

Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger

Labor

More News From the Jobless Recovery: Workers Getting Less for Doing More

Art Levine

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Mikhaela B. Reid

Feature

Leftists, Liberals—and Losers?

How and why progressives must unite for real change.

G. William Domhoff

The Mulch: Tepid Accord Reached in Copenhagen

Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger

Labor

HandyDART Drivers Strike For Pensions

Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor

Ole Ole! Chicago Restaurant Workers Begin Negotiations

Kari Lydersen

Labor

The Economist’s Absurd Attack on ‘Spoiled’ Public-Sector Workers

Mischa Gaus

Viewpoint

The ‘Candidate vs. President’ Canard

David Sirota

Labor

End-of-Week Wrap-Up: Janitors, Housekeepers and Rabbis

Diana Novak

Labor

Fletcher Jr. and Lichtenstein on ‘SEIU’s Civil War’

Jeremy Gantz

Labor

Union Leaders Attack Senate Health Bill, Push for Tougher Reforms

Art Levine

ITT’s ‘Voices From the Island’ Guest Editor on Chicago Public Radio

Zachary Gonzalez-Landis