The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Labor
Meet the Grassroots Organizers Who Stood Up Against ICE’s 7-Eleven Raids
Charles Davis

Labor
Modern Capitalism Has Opened a Major New Front for Strike Actions: Logistics
Kim Moody

Feature
Bernie Sanders Just Sidestepped Corporate Media to Promote Medicare for All to 1 Million Viewers
The democratic socialist senator’s town hall on universal healthcare marks a new phase in the political revolution.
Theo Anderson

Labor
Hondurans Are Out on a One-Week General Strike. Their Grievance? A U.S.-Backed Dictatorship.
Jeff Abbott

Feature
Democratic Leaders Sold Out DACA Recipients. Maybe It’s Time for Voters to Replace Them.
By negotiating a government funding deal with no protections for immigrants, top Democrats made a strong case for why the party's activist base should be able to replace them with new leadership.
Kate Aronoff

Feature
The Planet Is Burning and Neoliberalism Is Not the Answer
Why market-based solutions like cap-and-trade aren't progressive.
Scott Edwards

Culture
Does the Natural World Needs Its Own Bill of Rights?
Why environmentalists are working to grant rivers and mountains legal status.
Dayton Martindale

Rural America
Cattle Rancher to Cliven Bundy: You Steal from All of Us and Shouldn’t Be Welcomed in Montana
Nick Siebrasse

Feature
The Next Steps for the Women’s March? Moving a Progressive Agenda.
After year one of the Trump presidency, women are furious. Now, many are asking where we go from here.
Jordan Sarti and Hannah Steinkopf-Frank

Feature
Wall Street Isn’t the Answer to the Pension Crisis. Expanding Social Security Is.
The economic fate of workers shouldn't be tied to a stock market that rewards assaults on the working class.
Doug Henwood and Liza Featherstone

Labor
Trump NLRB Appointee Behind Major Anti-Union Ruling Accused of Corruption
Bruce Vail

Labor
In 2017, 82% of New Wealth Went to the Top 1%—While the Poor Got Nothing
Jon Queally

Rural America
A Century Later, New York Activists Honor the Descendants of Those Displaced by Ashokan Reservoir
Violet Snow

Feature
Houston Is Being Rebuilt on a Foundation of Wage Theft
The exploitation after the storm.
Bryce Covert

Feature
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Hillary
A friend of Hillary's confronts her collection of memorabilia on the anniversary of Donald Trump's inauguration
Betsy Vandercook

Culture
A Year On, Trump Admin Refuses to Drop Charges Against 59 Arrested at Inauguration Protest
The government isn't arguing that the defendants damaged property, but that their presence at the protest makes them guilty.
Patrick Corley

Feature
Centrist Dems May Not Call Black and Brown Communities Shitholes—But They Treat Them That Way
The loud denunciations of Trump serve to hide liberal racism.
Benji Hart

Labor
Here Are the 10 Worst Attacks on Workers From Trump’s First Year
Economic Policy Institute
