The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
Rural America
Why Progressives Need to Rethink the Rural-Urban Divide and Build a Coalition
Sarah van Gelder
Dispatch
Cooperative Banking for Black Lives
After facing decades of disinvestment and targeting by powerful financial institutions, African-American-owned credit unions could offer a way to build economic power and grow black wealth.
Valerie Vande Panne
Feature
Chicago’s Far South Side Is Finally Getting a Train—And It’s Thanks to Decades of Organizing
Residents hope the transit extension will shorten commutes and bring much-needed jobs.
Patrick Corley
Labor
5 Reasons Mexican Workers Would Cheer the Demise of NAFTA
Manuel Perez Rocha
Labor
West Virginia Teachers Are Showing How Unions Can Win Power Even If They Lose Janus
Lois Weiner
Rural America
With the USDA’s Blessing, CAFOs Are Driving Organic Dairy Farmers Out of Business
Jim Goodman
Feature
When It Comes to the Fake News Scourge, Russia Doesn’t Hold a Candle to U.S. Conservative Media
The panic over Russian interference obscures the fact that fake news has always been with us—it’s just been pushed by the American Right.
Branko Marcetic
Feature
While Democrats Call for Gun Control at Home, They Push Deadly Arms Deals Abroad
To seriously address the scourge of gun violence, we must oppose U.S. militarism around the globe. Many leading Democrats haven’t gotten the message.
Adam Johnson
Rural America
Standing Rock Felony Defendants Take Plea Deals, Still Face Years in Prison
Joseph Bullington
InvestigationGoodman Institute
Behind Janus: Documents Reveal Decade-Long Plot to Kill Public-Sector Unions
The Supreme Court case Janus v. AFSCME is poised to decimate public-sector unions—and it’s been made possible by a network of right-wing billionaires, think tanks and corporations.
Mary Bottari
Feature
The FBI Questioned a Black Man About Racist Extremists in Charlottesville—Now He Could Go to Prison
Authorities are arresting and charging anti-racist demonstrators for events connected to the Unite the Right rally, even though it was white supremacists who unleashed violence on the town.
Michael Arria
Labor
From Whole Foods to Amazon, Invasive Technology Controlling Workers Is More Dystopian Than You Think
Thor Benson
Feature
The People of Honduras Do Not Owe Obedience to an Imposed Government
Despite brutal repression, the people of Honduras have resisted the U.S.-backed dictatorship since the 2009 coup d’état.
Melissa Cardoza
Culture
Portraitists with Disabilities Celebrate the History of Black Art
David A. Holt on his artistry and work with Project Onward, a studio and gallery for artists with disabilities.
Elena Sucharetza
Culture
Is Neoliberalism Making Our Depression and Anxiety Crisis Worse?
How capitalist culture is making us sick.
Johann Hari
Feature
INVESTIGATION: The Troubled History of the Fund Tapped for Rahm’s Controversial Cop Academy
$20 million in West Side TIF money for job creation has sat unspent, and another $36 million was "ported" to other districts. Now more than $10 million is being used for a police academy that will create only 100 temporary jobs.
Rebecca Burns
Labor
West Virginia Teachers Are Staging a Statewide Strike. Here’s Why.
Michael Arria
Viewpoint
The Arc of History Doesn’t Bend Toward Justice On Its Own.
It’s been 50 years since the Kerner Commission report was released, and institutional racism still pervades our society.
Joel Bleifuss
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