The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Viewpoint

The Focus on Looting Shows How Our Systems of Power Value Capital Over Human Lives

Rather than indicting the racist police murder of George Floyd and other black Americans, our leaders are up in arms over protests and property destruction. That’s the twisted logic of U.S. capitalism.

Eli Day

Labor

We’ll Burn Until We Organize

Hamilton Nolan

Feature

How to Make the Left More Attractive

A conversation with author and journalist, Michael Brooks.

Maximillian Alvarez

Viewpoint

How to Save the Restaurant Workforce From Being Casualties of The Covid-19 Crisis

In an interview, One Fair Wage President Saru Jayaraman explains that the post-Covid future offers two possible directions for restaurant workers—dignity or poverty.

Michelle Chen

Feature

Amid Minneapolis Uprising, Anti-War Veterans Call On National Guard to Stand Down

"We urge you to have the courage to do the right thing. Refuse activation orders."

Sarah Lazare

Labor

Major Public Defense Nonprofit in New York Is Unionizing

Hamilton Nolan

Feature

There’s Room for Solidarity Between the Working Class and Progressive Professionals

Max and his brother Zak talk about meritocracy, work in the corporate world, and that feeling in your gut that most of what you do is pointless.

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

Fight Over Safe Reopening Is The Latest Front in “Civil War” at the EPA

Hamilton Nolan

Feature

Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with Covid-19

Wealthy corporations may use trade courts to keep public health measures from cutting into their profits.

Manuel Pérez-Rocha

Rural America

For Decades the U.S. Punished Indigenous Healers. Now the Indian Health Service Wants to Hire Them

Sydney Akridge

Labor

Philippine Call Center Workers Are in Danger. It’s Our Problem, Too.

Michael Galant

Viewpoint

Former Leaders of SDS, Meet the Current Members of DSA

The authors of "An Open Letter to the New New Left From the Old New Left" failed to grasp several things about the Democratic Socialists of America.

Joel Bleifuss

Feature

Fired from Dollar General for Speaking Out About Unsafe Conditions

A conversation with Daniel Stone, a former employee of Dollar General in Nashville

Maximillian Alvarez

Labor

The Wealthy Bosses and Right-Wing Ideologues Behind the Rush to “Reopen”

Chris Brooks

Rural America

Blaming Ourselves for Crowded Parks Misses the Point: There Aren’t Enough Parks

Stephen Lezak

Culture

The Language of Extinction

When wildfires destroy habitats, more than species are lost.

Holly Haworth

Labor

Yes, Unemployment Insurance and Welfare Encourage People to Quit Lousy Jobs. That’s the Point.

Leo Gertner and Shaun Richman

Feature

Workers Fight for Their Lives

The spontaneous rebellion of low-wage workers exposed to Covid-19.

Michelle Chen