The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Labor
“Why We Threw Mark Janus a Going Away Party—But Didn’t Invite Him”
Sarah Lazare

Viewpoint
From Italy to Hungary, the Trumps of Europe Are Rising to Power
The leader of Italy’s far right, an admirer of Trump, has suggested a “mass cleansing” of Roma.
Joel Bleifuss

Dispatch
Locking Up Immigrant Kids, Again
Our nation's past treatment of immigrant families doesn’t make the current situation any less horrifying—but we need it to inform our longterm pressure on the Democrats.
Jessica Stites

Feature
The Police Will Keep Killing Us Until We Stop Criminalizing Blackness and Poverty
The murder of Harith “Snoop” Augustus by Chicago police is the latest reminder that we must hold our elected officials accountable for upholding a system that devalues Black life.
Katelyn Johnson

Labor
These Are the Corporations Behind Trump’s Muslim Ban
Saqib Bhatti and Molly Gott

Feature
Nonunion Workers Can Save Unions. We Just Need to Reimagine How We Collect Dues.
The case for voluntary payroll deductions to donate to unions.
Shaun Richman

Feature
Will Dems Fight the Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh? Organizers Are Pushing Chuck Schumer To Act.
A conversation with an organizer from Indivisible.
Sarah Jaffe

Feature
Left Candidates Have to Do Better on Palestine
Ocasio-Cortez missed an opportunity to push a left position on Israel. But it's not too late to change that.
Corey Robin

Feature
It’s Time for Unions To Let Go of Exclusive Representation
Janus calls for a radical rethinking of labor law.
James Gray Pope, Ed Bruno, and Peter Kellman

Feature
What the Liberal Establishment Gets Wrong About the Trump-Putin Summit
Charges of treason and other reactionary rhetoric build support for a more confrontational—and dangerous—stance towards Russia.
Branko Marcetic

Feature
Given What the U.S. Has Done to the World, It Should Be Letting All Refugees In
The U.S. is slamming the door on people forcibly displaced by American interventions.
Khury Peterson-Smith

Rural America
Land Trusts Are a Step Toward a Step Toward a Sustainable Future for Agriculture
John Ikerd

Rural America
A New Native-Led Strategy for Fighting Keystone XL
At a June corn-planting ceremony, the Ponca Tribe took ownership of land in the pipeline’s path.
Justin Perkins

Feature
How To End the Tyranny of the Nonunion Workplace
To overcome right to work, we need rights at work.
Bill Fletcher, Jr.

Labor
Defending Undocumented Nannies, House Cleaners and Caregivers in Trump’s America
Brooke Anderson

Feature
Runaway Empire: Last Year, U.S. Commandos Were Deployed to 75% of World’s Countries
American Special Operations Forces are expanding globally.
Nick Turse

Feature
Bernie Sanders on Labor’s Future and Why Democratic Socialists Keep Winning
An exclusive interview with Sen. Sanders on how labor can respond to Janus, the fight to move the Democratic Party left and the growing popularity of democratic socialism.
Miles Kampf-Lassin

Feature
California Democrats Just Stunned Dianne Feinstein By Endorsing Her Left Challenger
On Saturday, the California Democratic Party overwhelmingly backed progressive Senate candidate Kevin de Leon over incumbent Dianne Feinstein, the latest sign yet of a tectonic shift toward the party's left flank.
Theo Anderson
