The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Rural America
In Washington State, the Supreme Court Will Test U.S. Commitment to Native American Treaties
Monte Mills

Feature
Senate Democrats Offer Little-to-No Opposition to Trump’s Expansion of Syria Bombings
Ninety-two percent of Senate Democrats and Independents failed to substantively dissent against Trump's April 13 airstrikes.
Sarah Lazare

Feature
West Virginia Showed How Necessary—And Difficult—Striking Is
“It was exhilarating and exhausting. You start thinking, ‘Are we going to be out forever?’”
Kate Aronoff

Feature
Law Enforcement Has Quietly Backed Anti-Protest Bills in at Least 8 States Since Trump’s Election
And that may be the tip of the iceberg.
Simon Davis-Cohen and Sarah Lazare

Labor
Gov. Cuomo Is “Acting Like Breitbart”: Community Groups Fuming After WFP Split
Kate Aronoff

Rural America
The 2018 Farm Bill’s Hidden Agenda to Push Millions off Food Stamps
Justin Perkins

Labor
The Wave of Militant Teacher Strikes Has Gone Global. Just Look at the UK.
Steven Parfitt

Feature
The Race to Replace Paul Ryan Says Everything About Party Politics in 2018
With Ryan out, Paul Nehlen, an open white supremacist, is the leading Republican, while Randy Bryce, a progressive populist, is running as a Democrat.
Kate Aronoff

Labor
Tesla Workers Say Elon Musk is a Union Buster. The NLRB Just Gave Their Case a Boost.
Michael Arria

Culture
A Middle America You’ll Never See in the Coastal Media
The micro-comics in John Porcellino’s From Lone Mountain show a way of life the media largely ignores.
Jessa Crispin

Feature
After U of Chicago Cop Shoots Undergrad, Students Say It’s Time to Defund and Disarm Campus Police
Police shot student Charles Thomas last week while he was in the grips of an apparent mental health crisis.
Alex V. Hernandez

Labor
Here’s Why Teachers Are Prepared to Defy Arizona’s Anti-Strike Laws
Sarah Lahm

Feature
Trump Doesn’t Care About Civilian Deaths. Just Look at Yemen.
For three years, the United States has backed a brutal Saudi-led war on Yemen, and ordinary people are paying the price.
Shireen Al-Adeimi

Viewpoint
Tariffs Aren’t the Best Way To Protect U.S. Steelworkers. Global Solidarity Is.
Defending workers' rights will mean standing with fellow laborers in China and the Global South. Trump's tariffs aren't the answer.
Katy Fox-Hodess

Viewpoint
A Pro-Union Case for Steel Tariffs
United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard on how tariffs could benefit American workers.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Viewpoint
How Tariffs Are Playing Into Trump’s Xenophobic Agenda
Trump's anti-China protectionism and "free trade" neoliberalism are both dead ends. To confront multinational corporate power, the answer is global solidarity.
Tobita Chow

Labor
How Privatization Sparked the Massive Oklahoma Teacher Uprising
Valerie Vande Panne

Culture
From Harriet Tubman to Black Panther
An artist speaks on heroism in the Black community.
Madiha Hussaini
