The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
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Which Toni Preckwinkle Is Running for Chicago Mayor?
Preckwinkle is an early favorite and is poised to run as a progressive. But her record is more complicated.
Ramsin Canon
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Death of a Torturer: Jon Burge Is Gone But His Racist Policing Is Not Forgotten
Jon Burge, the Chicago police commander who tortured over one hundred black men, died yesterday. He acted with complete impunity over almost two decades before reporters, activists, and human rights attorneys stopped him.
Ramsin Canon
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The U.S. Isn’t Just Backing the Yemen War—It’s Helping Trap Those Forced to Flee
How the United States is helping Oman militarize its border with Yemen.
Khury Peterson-Smith
Culture
Serial Misogyn-Neigh: The New “BoJack” Explores How We Let Famous Men, And Horses, Off the Hook
Season five of BoJack Horseman turns a critical eye on its characters and itself.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
Labor
Don’t Trust Jeff Bezos’ Preschool Philanthropy Scheme
Rachel M. Cohen
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Progressives Need a Clear Strategy for 2020 and Beyond—Here Are 5 Guidelines
We have significant numbers. But we need to continue to build our ranks, and mobilize behind a winning political strategy.
Max Elbaum and Calvin Cheung-Miaw
Labor
The Washington Post Tried to Penalize a Writer for Criticizing Jeff Bezos. He Fought Back—And Won.
David Dayen
Labor
#MeToo Hits Fast Food: Why McDonald’s Workers Are Out on a Historic Strike Today
Rachel Johnson
Labor
2,000 Striking York University Staff Forced Back To Work Without a Contract
Heather Gies
Labor
Here’s Why Thousands of Steelworkers Just Voted to Authorize a Strike
Sarah Lahm
Labor
Fast Food Restaurant Says Union Employees Can’t Wear “Abolish ICE” Buttons to Work
Michael Arria
Feature
With Rahm Out, Chicago’s Black Youth Demand Mayoral Candidates Side With Communities—Not Police
A community survey says residents don’t want a police academy on Chicago’s West Side. Six mayoral candidates weigh in.
Isabel Bloom
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Top Dems Claim Concern Over Yemen War—Why Aren’t They Backing a Measure To End It?
Some of the most influential Democrats in the House are refusing to throw their early support behind a new push to end U.S. participation in the Saudi-led war on Yemen.
Shireen Al-Adeimi and Sarah Lazare
InvestigationGoodman Institute
Below the Surface of ICE: The Corporations Profiting From Immigrant Detention
Activists are targeting the companies that make ICE run.
David Dayen
Feature
The Increasing Irrelevancy of the Conservative Think Tank
The Heritage Foundation’s star is falling—and left think tanks are on the rise.
Jason Stahl
Labor
Retrospectives of the Financial Crisis Are Leaving Out the Most Important Part—Its Victims
David Dayen
Feature
New York’s Faux Democrats Are Out, and Conservative Democratic Politics Thoroughly Discredited
Voters in New York just told members of the conservative-leaning IDC to GTFO.
Theo Anderson
Labor
Why Ugandan Farmers Staged a Month-Long Occupation of a UN Office
Phil Wilmot
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