The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Labor
CUNY Workers Overwhelmingly Approve New Contract With 94% Voting Yes
Brandon Jordan

Rural America
We Need a Radical Reimagining of Our Economy to Prevent a Dystopian Future
Erik Reece

Dispatch
Killings By Police Haven’t Stopped Mexico’s Movement Against Neoliberal Education Reform
Despite police repression, Mexico's militant teachers union continues to strike and protest.
Andalusia Knoll Soloff

Feature
The Rio Olympics Are a Reflection of Our Shared Global Crisis
The global tribe will sink or swim together. There is no place to go to escape the pollution and violence.
Laura Orlando

Labor
It’s the Stupidity, Stupid: How Donald Trump is Beating the Democrats on Trade
Theo Anderson

Feature
Why Bernie Sanders Lost, and How the Next Progressive Challenger Can Win
Lessons from a campaign that outperformed expectations but still came up short.
Christopher Hass

Labor
A Radical Plan For An Economy That Makes Black Lives Matter
Douglas Williams

Feature
Bernie Sanders’ Delegates Speak Out About Convention: “They Painted Us As Crazy”
Will the Democratic Party embrace its insurgent wing?
Kate Aronoff

Feature
The Occupation in Chicago That’s Building a Community Free from Racist Policing and Prisons
For over two weeks, young, Black activists have camped out to protest police oppression and imagine a more just world.
Kali Robinson

Viewpoint
An Inside-Outside Strategy For the Political Revolution
Raucous protests and down-ballot Democrats can beat the Bernie-or-bust blues.
Joel Bleifuss

Labor
On Trade, Our Choices Aren’t Only Xenophobic Nationalism Or Neoliberal Globalization
Leon Fink

Labor
A Message for CUNY Members: Don’t Take the Money
Sigmund Shen

Rural America
How Electrifying Railroads Could Help Us Transition from Fossil Fuels and Power Rural Economies
Bill Moyer

Culture
James Baldwin’s Many Heirs
In the essay collection The Fire This Time, a new generation of Black writers keeps Baldwin's flame alight.
Erin Aubry Kaplan

Labor
So Long, Uber: Could Co-op Apps Change the Way We Catch Rides?
Vic Vaiana

Feature
The Two Faces of Obama’s Immigration Policy
The relief that never happened and the raids that did.
Annie Hylton

Labor
A New Path to Progressivism: An Interview with Vermont House Candidate Mari Cordes
Victoria Albert

Rural America
Organic Farmland Regulations Unintentionally Encourage Use of Pristine Land for Food Production
Marie Burcham
