The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Feature
Why Shipbuilders in Coastal Maine are (Still) On Strike
A conversation with Jami Bellefleur, a Maine shipbuilder.
Maximillian Alvarez

Labor
California Hospital Workers Strike, Fracturing Pandemic’s Uneasy Labor Peace
Hamilton Nolan

Feature
“We Are On the Cusp of Something Great”: A Black Liberation Organizer on Next Steps for the Movement
An interview with Nikita Mitchell
Nikita Mitchell

Rural America
Between Dwindling Revenue and Rising Virus Cases, Rural Hospitals Face a Reckoning
April Simpson

Labor
Single Mothers and Their Children Are Taking Over Abandoned Public Buildings
Mindy Isser

Feature
Police Budgets Are Ballooning as Social Programs Crumble
Cities across the country have defied demands from protesters to defund police despite facing huge budget deficits from Covid-19.
Indigo Olivier

Feature
Philly D.A. Larry Krasner Says He’s Ready to Charge Invading Federal Agents with Crimes
He sees a way out of our "drunken stumble" into fascism.
Hamilton Nolan

Feature
Beware the Anti-Defamation League’s Efforts to Partner with Progressive Orgs
The Anti-Defamation League has a long history of smearing Black activists, working with police, and evoking “hate speech” to demonize the peaceful BDS movement.
Sarah Lazare and Adam Johnson

Viewpoint
Defund the Police? Why Not?
We should not confuse public safety with investments in systems of punishment.
Joel Bleifuss

Dispatch
Protesting Native Deaths by Police
Amid protests against police violence nationwide, a march was held in remembrance of a Native man who died in police custody while suffering a mental health crisis.
Elena Carter

Rural America
Bayer Engineered a New Corn Seed That’s Resistant to Five Herbicides. But How Long Will It Work?
Johnathan Hettinger

Labor
The Post Office Belongs to the Public. Let’s not Give it to Wall Street.
Mark Dimondstein and Richard Koritz

Departments
11 Statistics That Show Racism Is Entrenched in Our Healthcare System
Covid-19 is disproportionately harming Black Americans. This is not an exception, but the rule.
Dayton Martindale

Labor
OSHA Complaints Show the Morbid Dangers Healthcare Workers Face During Covid
Nick Vachon

Labor
Teachers Unions Look Like the Last Line of Defense in Trump’s “Reckless” School Reopening Crusade
Hamilton Nolan

Feature
They Are Burying Us Alive in Prison
When Covid-19 broke out in Stateville Correctional Center, we were left to die.
Raul Dorado

Viewpoint
All Undocumented Immigrants Deserve Citizenship—Not Just “Essential Workers”
The pandemic has made clear that we need to provide citizenship for all immigrants, and safe working conditions for all workers.
Shannon Gleeson and Sofya Aptekar

Feature
Nationalize the Pharmaceutical Industry Now
The status quo will kill us.
Hadas Thier
