The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Feature
The GOP Made Kansas a Test Case for Faith-Based Economics. The Results Aren’t Pretty.
Many of the same policies that blew a hole in the state budget are headed to the White House.
Theo Anderson

Culture
Dissident-Poet on the Lam: A New Film Captures Pablo Neruda’s Year as a Fugitive
Pablo Larrain's Neruda follows the love-poet-cum-Communist-dissident in a cat-and-mouse chase with the Chilean government.
Michael Atkinson

Labor
“Si se Pudo!”: Hotel Workers Win Union in Santa Monica, California
Samantha Winslow

Feature
Did Trump Retaliate Against Twitter Because It Refused to Help Him Build a Muslim Registry?
The official explanation for why CEO Jack Dorsey didn’t get an invite to Trump’s tech meeting leaves a lot to the imagination.
Kate Aronoff

Feature
The Saudi-Led War on Yemen Has Been Devastating. Why is the U.S. Helping?
Despite Tuesday's announcement they'd cut some arms sales, the U.S. is continuing to assist a bombing campaign that has killed and injured thousands, and exacerbated famine and cholera outbreaks.
Rebecca Gordon

Feature
The Democrats Need a Shadow Cabinet
If Hillary Clinton had learned anything from the election, here's what she would say.
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship

Rural America
West Virginia, “Identity Decline” and Why Democrats Must Not Look Away From the Rural Poor
Lauren Kaori Gurley

Feature
“People Power Works”: What’s Next for Standing Rock’s Water Protectors
The fight over the Dakota Access Pipeline is far from over. But the victories against it offer lessons for resisting Trump.
Kate Aronoff

Rural America
Troubled Human Celebrates Coal Miners Losing Health Insurance
Adam Johnson

Labor
Oil Refineries Don’t Just Pollute—They Also Kill Workers
Jim Morris

Culture
The Problem With Cancer Memoirs
Popular accounts ignore the underlying race and class dynamics that determine vulnerability to the disease.
Margaret Garb

Labor
Texas Bill Would Require Workers Under 18 to Get Their Parents’ Consent to Join a Union
Moshe Z. Marvit

Labor
Trump’s Pick for Labor Secretary is Literally the Worst
David Moberg

Feature
Maine Leads the Nation in Campaign Finance Reform
The head of Maine Citizens for Clean Elections talks about the corrupting influence of money in politics and what we can do about it.
Theo Anderson

Feature
Here’s What’s More Troubling About Rex Tillerson Than His Ties to Putin
As Secretary of State, Exxon's CEO could do enormous damage to the climate.
Kate Aronoff

Comics
The Amazing Russian Hack of the Democrats
Matt Bors

Rural America
Here’s What Elementary School and Hamilton (the Musical) Don’t Tell Us About the Supreme Court
Emelyn Lybarger and Ben Price

Dispatch
The Fight For Free College Moves to the States
How student organizers and a state representative are campaigning to eliminate tuition in Illinois.
Jeff Schuhrke
