The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Labor

Baltimore’s Democratic City Council Kills $15 Minimum Wage Bill, For Now

Bruce Vail

Feature

The Myth of the Surgical Strike

Targeted bombings by the U.S., Saudi Arabia and others have proven an ineffective—and destructive—weapon in the War on Terror.

Vijay Prashad, Alternet

Labor

Domestic Workers in Ill. Win Bill of Rights: “Years of Organizing Have Finally Paid Off”

Parker Asmann

Feature

“The fix is in”: How the Blair Government Helped U.K. Companies Profit From the Iraq War

Declassified documents from the lead-up to war show oil, gas and other corporations scrambling to capitalize on Iraq.

Branko Marcetic

Labor

Postal Workers Fend Off Attacks in New Contract

Alexandra Bradbury

Feature

U.S. Peace Activists Should Start Listening to Progressive Syrian Voices

A U.S.-centric view of the conflict gives Assad a free pass.

Terry Burke

Feature

The Radicalism of Black Lives Matter

Three years in, the youth-led movement has the power to transform the Left.

Martha Biondi

Labor

BREAKING—Fight for $15 Organizers Tell SEIU: We Need $15 and a Union (Updated)

David Moberg

Rural America

Rural Stories Making Headlines (August 13, 2016)

Rural America In These Times

Labor

Authors Spill Organizing Secrets in Labor Notes’ New Book

Jen Johnson

Dispatch

Missouri Has Only One Remaining Abortion Provider. Planned Parenthood is Fighting To Change That.

After the courts overturned a restrictive abortion law in Texas, pro-choice activists are hoping to defeat similar legislation in Missouri and elsewhere.

Victoria Albert

Labor

Fire Departments, Airports and Military Bases May Be More Toxic to Workers Than You Think

Elizabeth Grossman

Feature

Black Lives Matter Is Showing Why Progressive Jews Must Support Palestinian Justice

The Movement for Black Lives' new platform has drawn a line in the sand over support for Palestinian rights and racial justice.

Kate Aronoff

Labor

The Strike At Trump’s Atlantic City Casino Is a Flashpoint for the Entire Labor Movement

Adolph Reed Jr.

Feature

Why a Georgia Congressman is Fighting to Stop Security Aid to Honduras

Rep. Hank Johnson talks about the struggle for human rights and the future of U.S.-Honduras relations.

Parker Asmann

Feature

The Media Could Still Help Elect Trump

Trump can't reboot his campaign unless the press reboots it for him.

Neal Gabler

Rural America

Subsidy Loopholes for “Cellulosic Ethanol” Promote Corn Profits, But Not Energy Independence

Almuth Ernsting

Labor

Chicago Activists Accuse ICE of Racial Profiling After Street Corner Raid

Parker Asmann