The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Labor

Here’s How a Supreme Court Decision To Gut Public Sector Unions Could Backfire on the Right

Shaun Richman

Rural America

The Community Rights Movement to the New Hampshire House: Let the People Decide What’s Best

John Collins

Labor

Are You Sick? Blame Poverty.

Jesse Mechanic

Feature

Can the Democratic Party’s Left Flank Win in 2018? This Illinois Primary Could Be a Bellwether

Progressive challenger Marie Newman is hoping to shock the political establishment by unseating House Rep. Dan Lipinski, a conservative Democrat and longtime incumbent.

Daniel Moattar

Feature

This Former NFL Player Is Running on a Progressive Agenda to Flip a Red District in Texas

Former linebacker Colin Allred is hoping to take out Republican Rep. Pete Sessions by campaigning on Medicare for all, a $15 minimum wage and automatic voter registration. But first, he will have to win the upcoming Democratic primary.

Kate Aronoff

Labor

Meet the Coalition Building a Global Union Movement Against Capitalism

Cole Stangler

Dispatch

From Sewer Socialism to Server Socialism: Appalachia’s Internet Revolution

Chattanoogans are pioneering public broadband.

Chris Brooks

Feature

How the Red Scare Shaped the Artificial Distinction Between Migrants and Refugees

Our modern-day definitions of displaced people emerged during the Cold War as a product of anti-communism.

Sarah Lazare

Labor

The Rhode Island Progressive Who Helped Make Paid Sick Leave a Reality

Matthew Cunningham-Cook

Rural America

No More Fairy Tales: Why the United States Needs a Whole New Operating System

Thomas Linzey

Dispatch

The Caribou in the Copper Mine

Mining companies seek to carve up Native lands and wildlife habitat to build a $350 million access road.

Yereth Rosen

Labor

In Freezing Chicago Winter, Protesters Stage Camp-In to Protest Unaffordable Rents

Tanner Howard

Labor

As Trump Advances a Retrograde Economic Vision, These Worker Cooperatives Chart a Different Course

Sarah Aziza

Rural America

Why Is the Biodiversity Rule for USDA Organic Certification Not Being Enforced?

Linley Dixon

Labor

Lipstick on a Gig: Why We Should Be Very Skeptical of Uber’s New “Portable Benefits” Scheme

Julianne Tveten

Labor

In a Historic First, the Chicago Teachers Union and Charter School Teachers Have Joined Forces

Jeff Schuhrke

Labor

Cities Scrambling to Attract Amazon Because It “Creates Jobs” Are Being Sold a Lie

David Dayen

Labor

Inside the Trump Administration’s Plan to Shrink the NLRB

Bruce Vail