The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
Dispatch
Out of Prison, Into Alt-Prison
The industry profiting from prison halfway houses.
Katie Rose Quandt
Labor
Furloughed Disney Workers “Can’t Wait” For Help, But Florida’s Unemployment System Is Broken
Hamilton Nolan
Viewpoint
Corporations Are Not Letting This Crisis Go to Waste
As the pandemic wreaks chaos, corporations and the GOP are following the shock doctrine playbook.
Jeremy Mohler
Feature
“We Are Essential”: Voices from the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Crisis
These are the voices of the people living, working and fighting through this crisis.
Maximillian Alvarez
Labor
Noam Chomsky: The Rich Aren’t Waiting To Build a New World. Why Are We?
Chris Brooks
Viewpoint
This Is a Health Crisis—Stop Treating It Like a War
Even by his standards, Trump is a terrible wartime president
Joel Bleifuss
Labor
Trump Admin Furloughed 4,000 Korean Workers In the Midst of a Pandemic To Punish South Korea
Kap Seol
Labor
McDonald’s Workers Charge Grotesque Sexual Harassment in New $500 Million Lawsuit
Hamilton Nolan
Feature
The Democrats’ Timid COVID-19 Response Does Not Bode Well for the Climate
The Democrats want us to believe they'll act fast on climate if in power, but they've proven themselves slow in a crisis.
Sarah Lazare and Adam Johnson
Feature
Black Women’s Livelihoods Will Be Yet Another Coronavirus Casualty
For many reasons, Black women are particularly hurt by the virus's economic toll.
Chandra Thomas Whitfield
Rural America
The Pandemic Could Hit New Farmers Hard, Just When We Need Them Most
Tamara J. Benjamin
Labor
We Need the Labor Movement To Organize Worker Fightback in the Face of the COVID-19 Crisis
Carl Rosen, Andrew Dinkelaker and Gene Elk
Rural America
As the Pandemic Shakes Commodity Markets, Battered Ecosystems Get an Eerie Reprieve
Ashoka Mukpo
Viewpoint
What Today’s Socialists Can Learn From the Heyday of American Communism
A 43-year-old classic text of Communist history has been rereleased this month. Young democratic socialists should dig in.
Micah Uetricht
Feature
The Last Stimulus Ignored Climate. Activists Are Determined That Won’t Happen in the Next One.
Bruised from the CARES Act, environmental organizations are planning next steps.
Rachel M. Cohen
Viewpoint
Letter to the Editor Regarding Chris Brooks’ April 8 Article
Rory Gamble
Viewpoint
Astra Taylor: Bernie Sanders’ Exit Is an Indictment of Our Broken System—Not His Campaign
Voter suppression was stronger than Bernie Sanders' voter turnout plan. And the pandemic has made things worse.
Astra Taylor
Feature
Joe Biden’s Cowardly Position on Iran Sanctions
The presumptive Democratic nominee is failing to call for sanctions to be lifted, even if just for the duration of the pandemic.
Sarah Lazare
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