The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Feature
Anti-Corporate Protesters Drown Out Democratic Party Chair Tom Perez with Chants of “Liar!”
Fault lines in the party were on full display as the California Democratic convention got off to a dramatic start.
Winona Dimeo-Ediger

Viewpoint
As Tensions Flare Between Turkey and the Kurds, the U.S. Backs Both Sides
Negotiations, not more U.S. weapons, are needed to resolve the decades-long conflict.
Patrick Lewis

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A Very Cautious Left Case for Impeachment
Trump must go--and progressives can harness his exodus to build a movement.
Kate Aronoff

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Roger Ailes Is Dead, But the Damage He Did Lives On
The founder and longtime CEO of Fox News helped make U.S. politics more dishonest and cowardly.
Mark Dunbar

Labor
40,000 AT&T Workers Begin 3-Day Strike
David Bacon

Labor
New Study Finds “More Sweatshops than Starbucks” in Chicago
Jeff Schuhrke

Viewpoint
War Profiteering Ain’t Physics
Even Trump can't buck the iron law of U.S. foreign policy: Follow the money.
Leonard C. Goodman

Rural America
6 Reasons Local Food Systems Will Replace Our Industrial Model
John Ikerd

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Sanctuary in the Streets: How New Alliances Are Revitalizing a Past Movement
A revitalized sanctuary movement is spreading to unexpected places, resisting the threats posed by Trump’s presidency.
Yana Kunichoff

Labor
Interviews for Resistance: On the Commodification of Education
Sarah Jaffe

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The Progressive Movement Just Scored a Huge Win in Philly’s DA Race
Larry Krasner’s victory was a referendum on Trump as well as on a whole host of issues that predate the president: immigrant rights, the war on drugs and mass incarceration.
Joseph Bullington

Labor
Republicans Will Turn the NLRB into a Force for Union Busting. We Can Turn It Back.
Shaun Richman

Culture
When the Bankers Took Manhattan: Austerity’s New York Roots
The new book Fear City documents the slide of New York City from vibrant social democracy to neoliberal abyss.
Moe Tkacik

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The Impeachment Trap: Be Careful What You Wish For
Trump is odious, but impeachment is dangerous—both for the Democrats and the progressive movement.
Jeff Alson

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Interviews for Resistance: Bird-Dogging To Stop Trumpcare in the Senate
This organizer is training activists on how to track down representatives and ask questions.
Sarah Jaffe

Labor
The Slippery Slope of “Buy American” Campaigns
Chris Brooks

Viewpoint
Another War, Another Blitzerkrieg
It's time to question CNN's decades of enthusiastic war coverage.
Susan J. Douglas

Feature
A New Mother’s Day Tradition: Fighting for Moms Behind Bars
Mother's Day is the perfect opportunity to join the growing movement to support—and to free—incarcerated mothers.
Elizabeth Adetiba
