The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
Culture
How a 19th-Century Absurdist Playwright Accidentally Predicted Trump
Ubu Roi is newly relevant, thanks to our president.
Hannah Steinkopf-Frank
Rural America
Farm Workers Are Under Attack For Doing a Job that Other Americans Won’t
Ruben Navarrette
Labor
Tariffs Aren’t the Best Way To Protect U.S. Steelworkers. Global Solidarity Is.
Katy Fox-Hodess
Labor
A Pro-Union Case for Steel Tariffs
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
Dispatch
Bernie’s Platform Could Win in Maryland’s Gov. Race, With Support From Clinton Voters
Former NAACP President Ben Jealous is building a broad coalition of progressives to take out a popular GOP governor in Maryland.
Bruce Vail
Labor
Under Fire from Unions Over MTA Comments, Cynthia Nixon Says She Wants Sacrifices from Billionaires
Kate Aronoff
Rural America
A Look at Persistent Poverty and the Rural-Urban Divide in North Carolina
Gene Nichol
Feature
It Looks Like Bill Gates’ Devotion to Child Welfare Doesn’t Extend to Children in Yemen
The billionaire philanthropist is rolling out the red carpet for Mohammed bin Salman, crown prince of Saudi Arabia, who is overseeing the mass starvation and death of children in Yemen.
Sarah Lazare
Labor
Americans Are Realizing They’ve Been Scammed By the GOP Tax Bill: Most Report Zero Pay Boost
Jessica Corbett
Labor
How Tariffs Are Playing Into Trump’s Xenophobic Agenda
Tobita Chow
Labor
The NLRB Just Dealt a Major Blow to the Fight for $15. Now’s the Time to Take Stock of the Campaign.
Max Zahn
Labor
Jane McAlevey: We Can Beat Trump, But We Need More Than Big Marches
Sarah Jaffe
Labor
The Denver Democratic Party Platform Now Has an Anti-Capitalist Plank, Thanks to Socialists
Miles Kampf-Lassin
Rural America
A Record Number of Native Americans Are Running For Office in 2018
Graham Lee Brewer, High Country News
Labor
Get Ready for the Coming Wave of Teacher Strikes
Dan DiMaggio and Jonah Furman
Dispatch
Drink Your Coffee Black-Owned
A cooperative Atlanta cafe is step one toward an alternative to white capitalism.
Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo
Labor
First Fight for $15, Then West Virginia Teachers: Can a New Playbook Rescue the Labor Movement?
Max Zahn
Feature
Electing Progressive Prosecutors Isn’t Enough. Now, Activists Are Holding Them Accountable.
From Kim Foxx in Chicago to Larry Krasner in Philadelphia, reform-minded prosecutors are facing pressure from organizers working to transform the criminal justice system.
Adeshina Emmanuel
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