The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Culture

In Ixcanul, Guatemala’s First-Ever Oscar Entry, Feminism Erupts in a Small Mayan Community

Filmed entirely in Kaqchikel, Jayro Bustamante’s new movie explores a clash between reproductive rights and tradition.

Michael Atkinson

Rural America

Rural Stories Making Headlines (August 21, 2016)

Rural America In These Times

Rural America

Why Both Sides of the Sugar Tax Debate Have It Wrong

Victoria Albert

Feature

The U.S. Is Ending the Use of Federal Private Prisons—But That Won’t End Mass Incarceration

The news is a welcome reminder that marching in the streets can lead to reforms down the road.

Julia Clark-Riddell

Labor

SEIU’s “Future Fighters”: “We need a plan for racial justice in every union”

Chris Brooks

Culture

Can There Be a Party of the Left in Britain?

Party brass may not like it, but Jeremy Corbyn's popularity could herald a new era for Labour.

Jane Miller

Rural America

Over 10,000 Firefighters Are Battling Eight Large Wildfires in California

Rural America In These Times

Feature

How Hillary Clinton and “American Power” Paved the Way for Shocking Violence in Honduras

A recent op-ed fails to acknowledge the relationship between U.S. support for a coup and the Honduran murder rate.

Jim Naureckas

Rural America

One of the Greatest Environmental Threats Almost No One Knows About

David Helvarg

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