The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
Feature
The GOP Wants To Blame Black Misery on Democratic Mayors. Here’s Why That’s Wrong.
It is intellectually dishonest to imply that state and federal policies do not play an outsize role in the condition of urban black communities.
James Thindwa
Culture
Inside the Tax-Avoidance Racket of “Wealth Management”
A sociologist's new book reveals how the ultra-rich starve public coffers and undermine democracy.
Chris Lehmann
Feature
How the U.S. Government Has Used 9/11 to Criminalize People of Color
In the 15 years since the attacks, heightened surveillance and security have cracked down on Muslims and immigrants.
Azadeh Shahshahani and Stephanie Guilloud
Rural America
Despite Record Yields, Farm Sector Profits are Forecast to Decline for the Third Straight Year
John Collins
Feature
Liberal Pundits Once Championed Government Transparency—Then Hillary Clinton Ran For President
Matt Yglesias and Kevin Drum have suddenly come out against open government, betraying a long journalistic legacy.
Branko Marcetic
Feature
BREAKING: Obama Administration Steps In to Halt Dakota Access Pipeline—For Now
After months of protest by Native tribes, the federal government has issued an order to stop the pipeline, reversing a judge's ruling made earlier in the day.
Kate Aronoff
Labor
150 Million Workers in India Just Staged the Largest Strike in History To Resist Neoliberalism
Theo Anderson
Labor
It’s Game On for Grad Students After NLRB Rules They Can Unionize
Rebecca Nathanson
Labor
45 Years After Attica, Prisoners Are Organizing What Could Be the Biggest Prison Strike Ever
Anna Simonton
Feature
Using Elections to Rage Against—And Reform—the Democratic Machine
The authors of a new book talk about how progressives can win elections in the 21st century.
Theo Anderson
Feature
The Man Behind the Dakota Access Pipeline Has a Long History of Profiting Off Disasters
Kelcy Warren is CEO of Energy Transfer Partners.
Kate Aronoff
Feature
In the War Against Climate Change, Physics Isn’t the Enemy—It’s Corporations and the Far Right
Bill McKibben wants a World War II-style mobilization against climate change. But if it's a war, it's a class war.
Kate Aronoff
Feature
In Milwaukee, a History of Racist Violence Fuels Mistrust of the Police Department
A recent shooting recalls the decades of abuse inflicted on the city's African-American community by police.
Flint Taylor
Labor
Want to Solve the Steel Crisis? Change the Rules
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
Culture
The Stories We Live By: Why the White Working Class Votes Conservative
In Strangers in Their Own Land, sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild travels south to study what gives conservative ideology its power.
Theo Anderson
Labor
Lipton Workers Vote to Unionize: “Everyone just got tired of it”
Mario Vasquez
Feature
How the U.S. Government Is Helping Corporations Plunder Native Land
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is charged with protecting Native interests. Instead, it's letting corporations grab their land for pennies.
Stephanie Woodard
Culture
Big Data Isn’t Just Watching You—It’s Making You Poorer
Cathy O’Neil's new book, Weapons of Math Destruction, shows mathematical models aren't free of ideology.
Pankaj Mehta
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