The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
Feature
‘This Is Historic’: Why the Van Dyke Guilty Verdict Is a Victory For the Movement For Black Lives
In an interview, Black Lives Matter organizer Aislinn Pulley explains why she sees the verdict as a step toward dismantling the systems of racist policing and economic inequality that have defined Chicago for decades.
Miles Kampf-Lassin
Labor
Hyatt Workers Win 4-Week Strike, Hours After Third Coast Audio Festival Refused to Cross Picket Line
Jeff Schuhrke
Labor
Jeff Bezos Is Very Afraid of Bernie Sanders. The $15 Wage Victory Is Proof.
Micah Uetricht
Labor
Soccer Players Are Workers Too. And In Guatemala, They Just Went On Strike.
Jeff Abbott
Feature
How Saudi Money Keeps the U.S. at War in Yemen
On the Saudi lobby juggernaut.
Ben Freeman
Dispatch
Jerry Brown Didn’t Invite Grassroots Activists to His Climate Summit—They Came Anyway
While the elite discuss band-aids, organizers call for real solutions.
Kate Aronoff
Feature
Brett Kavanaugh Is Rape Culture Personified
Kavanaugh doesn’t just benefit from a system that shields men in the face of endemic sexual abuse—he embodies it.
Miles Kampf-Lassin
Feature
Climate Change Is Already a Public Health Crisis—Just Look at Puerto Rico
Being poor and trapped by a hurricane can become a deadly condition.
Olivia Alperstein
Viewpoint
We Believed Anita Hill
In 1991, an alleged sexual harasser was appointed to the Supreme Court. Let’s not repeat history.
Joel Bleifuss
Labor
Today Amazon, Tomorrow the Railroad Industry: The Fight for $15 Rolls On
Jeff Schuhrke
Viewpoint
It’s Time for the Left To Unite Behind Bernie 2020
He’s popular, principled and there are no better options.
Briahna Gray
Viewpoint
Don’t Endorse Bernie Yet—Make Candidates Compete for the Left Vote
Keep the left lane open.
Sean McElwee
Viewpoint
The Inside-Outside Approach to Bernie 2020
Endorse, but play the long game.
Peter Frase
Labor
Why Domestic Workers Are Fighting Like Hell to Stop Brett Kavanaugh
Hannah Steinkopf-Frank
Culture
America’s Great Strike Waves Have Shaped the Country. We Can Unleash Another.
Erik Loomis’ "A History of America in Ten Strikes" is a powerful reminder of the need for worker militancy.
Shaun Richman
Rural America
Twelve Things to Know About the 2018 Farm Bill
Kaolin Sewell
Feature
The Kavanaugh Debacle Shows How “Never-Trump” Republicans Are Frauds
These Republicans are publicly billing themselves as Trump critics. But when it comes Brett Kavanaugh, they are largely pushing the president's agenda.
Michael Arria
Dispatch
Turning a KKK Bombing Ground Into an Urban Farm
A black-led cooperative movement grows pumpkins and community in Birmingham.
Stephanie Russell-Kraft
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