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