July 2016 Volume 40, Issue 07

July 2016

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Viewpoint

Banning the Box is Not Nearly Enough Lewis M. Steel

You Don’t Have to Like Hillary Clinton—But Sexist Attacks On Her Supporters Are Shameful Susan J. Douglas

Bernie Has Every Right To Raise Hell at the Democratic Convention Joel Bleifuss

Feature

How Union Contracts Shield Police Departments from DOJ Reforms Adeshina Emmanuel

Meet the New Leader of Chicago’s Principals Who’s Taking on Rahm Emanuel and Corporate School Reform Miles Kampf-Lassin

How the Left Can Stop Trump Cole Stangler

Would a Universal Basic Income Strengthen or Shred the Social Safety Net? Micah Uetricht

Bernie’s Army Is Already Deploying in Down-Ballot Races Ethan Corey

Dispatch

Making Green Jobs Good Jobs Kate Aronoff

Culture

Shuffling Off the Mortal Coil Jane Miller

In Gaza, the Drones Never Sleep Nancy Kricorian

Sex, Violence and Unions Jetta Rae

Capitalism’s Favorite Show Michael Terry

Requiem for an American Dream Michael Atkinson

The View From Today’s Versailles Chris Lehmann

How Union Contracts Shield Police Departments from DOJ Reforms

Even when the federal government cracks down on police abuses, collective bargaining agreements often stymie reforms.

Adeshina Emmanuel

Meet the New Leader of Chicago’s Principals Who’s Taking on Rahm Emanuel and Corporate School Reform

Troy LaRaviere is an award-winning educator and a fierce critic of Emanuel's education agenda. Bernie Sanders has his back—and he's not closing the door on a run for mayor.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

How the Left Can Stop Trump

The Right failed. It's up to us now.

Cole Stangler

Would a Universal Basic Income Strengthen or Shred the Social Safety Net?

Debating the merits—and dangers—of instituting a universal basic income in the U.S.

Micah Uetricht

Bernie’s Army Is Already Deploying in Down-Ballot Races

Volunteers plug in to progressive races nationwide

Ethan Corey

Making Green Jobs Good Jobs

Unions organize the clean energy sector.

Shuffling Off the Mortal Coil

On the passing of my friend, Daniel Aaron.

Banning the Box is Not Nearly Enough

For those who have been incarcerated, punishment doesn’t end with prison.

In Gaza, the Drones Never Sleep

Atef Abu Saif's wartime diaries offer a chilling voice of witness from Israel's 50-day bombardment of Palestine during Operation Protective Edge.

Nancy Kricorian

Sex, Violence and Unions

Workers in porn and wrestling face similar obstacles to effective labor organizing—and may need to work together.

Capitalism’s Favorite Show

Undercover Boss is a mirage.

Requiem for an American Dream

Between fiction and reality in rural Louisiana.

Michael Atkinson

You Don’t Have to Like Hillary Clinton—But Sexist Attacks On Her Supporters Are Shameful

The gendered attacks against Clinton and her supporters must come to an end.

Susan J. Douglas

The View From Today’s Versailles

A new book by Michelle Fields, former Breitbart reporter, rightly skewers our political class—but suffers from a case of hypocrisy

Bernie Has Every Right To Raise Hell at the Democratic Convention

As wise man once said, “Democracy is not always nice and quiet and gentle."

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