The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Labor

In a Landslide Vote, the LA Times Just Unionized, Upending a Long Anti-Labor History

Kari Lydersen

InvestigationGoodman Institute

Exclusive Photos Contradict Coal CEO’s Claim He Had Nothing To Do with Rick Perry’s Coal Bailout

At a previously undisclosed March 29 meeting, Robert Murray gave Perry a hug and a wishlist. Six months later, Perry unveiled a controversial plan that echoed one of Murray's proposals.

Kate Aronoff

Labor

Here’s How Trump’s Labor Department Quietly Gave Bosses Even More Power Over Their Workers

Michael Arria

Labor

The Trump Admin’s Approval of Medicaid Work Requirements Threatens the Lives of Poor People

Meaghan LaSala

Dispatch

The 38 Dakota Warriors Lincoln Hanged

Native riders commemorate a forgotten massacre.

Justin Perkins

Rural America

Democrats Have Gone off the Rails in Rural America. Can a New Report Get Them Back on Track?

John Collins

Labor

Tech Workers of the World, Unite!

Julianne Tveten

Labor

Republicans Are Taking Voter Suppression to the Workplace

Shaun Richman

Feature

The Forgotten Socialist History of Martin Luther King Jr.

King believed that a multiracial working-class movement was required to overcome the failings of capitalism.

Matthew Miles Goodrich

Feature

New York City Sues Fossil Fuel Companies for 200 Years of Climate Destruction

The city is modeling how to take Big Energy to task.

Kate Aronoff

Rural America

This Is Why Carrots Cost More Than Twinkies

John Ikerd

Feature

Why We Must Not Look Away From Trump’s Attacks on Salvadoran Immigrants

While his inflammatory rhetoric dominates the news, Trump is upending the lives of 200,000 Salvadoran migrants and refugees.

Michelle Chen

Labor

Amid Freezing Classrooms, Baltimore’s Teachers Fight to Democratize City’s Schools

Ryan Harvey

Feature

In a Surprising Move, the Anti-Pipeline Movement Is Taking a Page from Hobby Lobby

Religious groups are using First Amendment arguments in efforts to stop pipelines and protect Native lands.

Ben Walker

Labor

Carrier Workers Are Livid After Facing Layoffs Despite Trump’s Promises

Bryce Covert

Feature

Meet Paula Jean Swearengin: The Progressive Who Won West Virginia’s Democratic Senate Primary

West Virginia could soon get a Bernie Sanders supporter—and coal miner's daughter—in the U.S. Senate.

Ed Rampell

Rural America

Dairy Farmer to Donald Trump: “Replace NAFTA, It’s Not Good For Farmers Anywhere”

Jim Goodman

Feature

Displaced After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans Face Awful Conditions in NYC Shelters

People who left Puerto Rico for New York didn’t know about FEMA’s Transitional Sheltering Assistance Program, which offers temporary hotel rooms. Instead, they wound up in homeless shelters.

Joel Cintrón Arbasetti