The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Labor

The Animal Legal Defense Fund Is Busting Its Union With a Smile

A nonstop anti-union campaign comes with assurances that management is "really progressive"

Hamilton Nolan

Feature

Biden Must Reject Trump’s “Vaccine Apartheid” Policy at the WTO

The president-elect pledged to combat racism. But he’s been mum about an urgent racial injustice taking place on a global scale.

Sarah Lazare

Viewpoint

The Actions of the (Well-Funded) Capitol Police Show Why We Need to Defund the Police

On January 6, police showed us exactly who they "serve and protect."

D.A. Bullock

Culture

Public Wailing as Political Dissent

Both personal and political, wailing disrupts the social order.

Renee Simms

Viewpoint

Congress Now Has More Socialists Than Ever Before in U.S. History

The high-water mark for socialists elected to national office is in step with a proud tradition in American politics.

Maurice Isserman

Rural America

Remembering Charley Pride — and Country Music’s Long-Obscured Black Roots

Pride stood out as one of the very few Black superstars in a whitewashed genre.

Liam Kennedy

Labor

With Democrats in Full Control, It's Time to Pass the PRO Act

A conversation with leaders of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.

Maximillian Alvarez

Viewpoint

How to Avoid Another Monster Like Trump

It's not enough to denounce the storming of the Capitol. Where Trump brought death and American carnage, Democrats now need to deliver real economic relief.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Viewpoint

Equating White Nationalists and "Left Radicals" Is What Got Us Here in the First Place

Media outlets and politicians are baselessly claiming the pro-Trump crowd was made up of "socialists," "anarchists," and "antifa." Here's why that's so dangerous.

Sarah Lazare

Viewpoint

America Is Built to Feed Us Poison

Delusional mobs storming the Capitol are just a byproduct of the American way.

Hamilton Nolan

Viewpoint

The Lesson from Georgia? Democrats Need to Forget the Bosses and Deliver for Working People.

The surprise success of Warnock and Ossoff shows the path to victory lies in offering direct material benefits to the working class.

Natalie Shure

Viewpoint

If Biden Wants to Turn the Page From Trump, He Should Support Palestinian Freedom. Here Are 2 Immediate Steps.

Biden brings a career-long history of supporting Israel's aggression against Palestinians. That must end now.

Dima Khalidi

Viewpoint

The “Disloyal Opposition” Storms the Capitol

The Republican Party has abandoned the role of "loyal opposition" to wage war against democracy.

Michael McKeon

Labor

The Labor Movement Hasn't Won Anything Yet

It looks like Democrats will win control of the Senate. But total political victory gets you nothing except permission to start the real work

Hamilton Nolan

Dispatch

Protesters at Biden Philly HQ Demand Student Debt Relief on Day One

"Biden owes this city," say Philadelphia activists

Mindy Isser

Labor

Chicago Teachers Are Considering a Strike Amid Pandemic Surge

With Covid cases rising, the Chicago Teachers Union and its allies are resisting Mayor Lightfoot's plan to force educators back into the classroom—and could walk off the job.

Jeff Schuhrke

LaborDispatch

Workers Resist Pandemic-Era Disaster Capitalism in Ecuador

The Ecuador government took advantage of the pandemic to slash workers’ rights.

Kimberley Brown

Labor

Google Workers Say the Endless Wait to Unionize Big Tech Is Over

"You have a union when you say you have a union."

Hamilton Nolan