The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Feature

New York Times Invents Left-Leaning Economists to Attack Bernie Sanders

The Times pieces misleads readers into thinking there is more skepticism about Sanders' plan among lefty economists than there actually is.

Dean Baker

Dispatch

The Novel Defense That Climate Change Activists Are Using in Court

Not guilty on grounds of planetary necessity

Justyna Bicz

Viewpoint

Why Bill de Blasio’s Housing Plan Is Nowhere Near Affordable for Low- and Mid-Wage New Yorkers

Expanding New York City's housing supply is not enough to expand affordable housing.

Jonathan Westin

Viewpoint

An Open Letter to Rep. John Lewis on My Grandmother and the Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights Movement was made up of people whose names never made it into the history books.

Douglas Williams

Feature

This Video Appears To Show Bernie Sanders Being Arrested at a 1963 Civil Rights Action in Chicago

It looks like there's proof of the presidential candidate participating in civil disobedience to end segregation

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Labor

Friedrichs Is Dead; Labor’s Crisis Is Not. The ‘Scalia Dividend’ Is a Rare Opportunity for Unions.

Shaun Richman

Labor

When Scalia Died, So Did ‘Friedrichs’—And an Even Grander Scheme To Destroy Unions

Moshe Z. Marvit

Feature

Allen Dulles and the Cold War Within the National Security State

Looking back to the origins of the national security state helps us understand its power and scope today.

Joseph Fronczak

Feature

Uranium Mine and Mill Workers are Dying, and Nobody Will Take Responsibility

In the Southwest, poisoned uranium workers are still seeking justice

Joseph Sorrentino

Labor

NLRB Ruling Says 2 California Nurses Were Illegally Fired During Union Drive

Peter Dreier

Labor

Presidential Campaigns Need to Start Focusing More on Global Inequality

David Moberg

Feature

You Can Buy a Copy of Marx’s ‘Capital’ Signed by Carly Fiorina on eBay To Benefit Bernie Sanders

But time is running out.

Branko Marcetic

Viewpoint

Bernie Sanders Was Right To Condemn Henry Kissinger. But Why Did He Praise Winston Churchill?

The former prime minister was, indeed, a "fan of regime change," among other things.

Branko Marcetic

Comics

Gloria Steinem, Madeleine Albright and the Curse of the Bernie Bros

Matt Bors

Labor

With 3 Recent High-Profile Walkoffs, Is the Wildcat Strike Back?

Shaun Richman

Labor

Corporate PR Flacks Are Trying To Convince You the Trans-Pacific Partnership Will Benefit Workers

Jim Hightower

Viewpoint

The Negative Campaigning Dilemma for Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton

When it comes to attacking one another or the Republicans, both Democratic candidates are in a bind.

Peter White

Labor

Retail Means Jobs. But Those Jobs Shouldn’t Mean Poverty.

Carrie Gleason