The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
Labor
Trump Dept. of Labor Rule Would Legalize Employers Stealing Workers’ Tips
David Cooper, Economic Policy Institute
Labor
From Amputations to Respiratory Illnesses, New Report Exposes Hazards of Slaughterhouse Work
Anna Casey
Feature
How the Disappearance of an Indigenous Activist Sparked an Uprising in Argentina
A conflict between indigenous communities and capitalist plunderers has long been simmering. The case of Santiago Maldonado brought tensions to a boiling point.
Juan Cruz Ferre
Feature
Trump’s Covert Wars: Elite Commandos Deployed to a Record 149 Countries in 2017
Trump’s first year set a record for U.S. special ops.
Nick Turse
Feature
Don’t Thank Democrats. A Tradition of Black Radical Organizing Paved the Way for the Alabama Upset.
How decades of organizing against the suppression of the Black vote made Roy Moore's defeat possible.
Sarah Lazare
Feature
In Defense of Wildfire
What climate activists, right-wing loggers and Smokey Bear get wrong
Joseph Bullington
Labor
The Hidden Tax Increase for Working Families in the GOP Tax Bill
Saqib Bhatti
Rural America
Rural America’s Population is Shrinking for the First Time Ever
Rural America In These Times
Feature
Roy Moore’s Loss Signals a GOP Tearing Itself Apart Ahead of 2018
The upset win by Doug Jones in Alabama shows the Republicans have nothing to offer and everything to lose.
Theo Anderson
Culture
The Self-Help Guru Who Shaped Trump’s Worldview
How the commander-in-chief succumbs to the perils of positive thinking.
Chris Lehmann
Feature
Meet the European Petrochemical Giant Trying to Profit from the Fracking of Pennsylvania
The controversial Mariner East 2 pipeline would carry gas liquids for plastics production overseas.
Wenonah Hauter
Feature
Berniecrats Score Another Major Win Against the Democratic Establishment
Under proposed reforms pushed by backers of Bernie Sanders, the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential primary would take place on a much fairer playing field than in 2016.
Cole Stangler
Feature
Inside Honduras’ Torch-Lit Marches Against the U.S.-Backed Dictatorship
Thousands are defying military curfew to protest what they say is a fraudulent election.
Heather Gies
Feature
The Limits of the “Resistance” in Congress? Key Democrats Back Trump’s Disastrous Israel Policy.
Trump's reckless move on Jerusalem was abetted by leading figures in the Democratic Party.
David Palumbo-Liu
Rural America
Cannibal Economics: Why the Black Snake Will Eventually Eat Itself
Winona LaDuke
Labor
Grad Students Take Tax Bill Fight to Paul Ryan’s Office
Sarah Jaffe
Feature
Trump’s FCC Bids Farewell to the Internet as We Know It
The internet is about to become more expensive and far less free.
Mark Dunbar
Culture
Emmett Till’s Cousin on Why Mississippi’s Flag Is Still Racist
Edelia “Dr. Jay” Carthan is at the forefront of a movement to remove the Confederate “stars and bars.”
Hannah Steinkopf-Frank
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