The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Rural America
USDA Secrecy and Corporate Agribusiness: Why Should Organics be Different?
Mark Kastel

Culture
When the Steel Mill Gets Replaced by a GOP Megadonor’s Casino
A new book analyzes the demise of Bethlehem Steel and the rise of a casino in post-industrial Pennsylvania.
Catherine Tumber

Culture
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ New Comic Book ‘Black Panther #1’ Is ‘Black as Hell’
Comic book readers, writers and artists of color have long been excluded from the comic book world. That appears to be changing.
Darryl Holliday

Labor
Martin Luther King Was Assassinated On This Day in 1968—While Fighting For Unions
Peter Cole

Labor
Low-wage Workers Don’t Need $15 an Hour in 2020. They Need $15 Right Now.
Jonathan Rosenblum, Alternet

Labor
Nashville Voted To Give Poor People, Locals New Construction Jobs. But the State GOP Blocked It.
Spencer Woodman

Culture
Prime Minister David Cameron Is Right; the U.K. Should Stay in the EU
But its half-hearted participation must go.
Jane Miller

Labor
Despite School District’s Legal Threats, Chicago Teachers Stage One-Day Political Strike
Rebecca Burns and David Moberg

Rural America
Small Farms Are Getting Regulated Out of Business
John Collins

Labor
Chicago Airport Workers Join 9-City Strike Demanding Higher Wages and a Union
Branko Marcetic

Labor
A Chicago Teacher Explains Why She’s Going on a Potentially Illegal Strike Tomorrow
Micah Uetricht

Culture
Two Upcoming Fims Not Coming to a Theater Near You
'Francofonia' and 'Cemetery of Splendour' are worth tracking down
Michael Atkinson

Labor
These Workers Are Fighting To Keep Your North Face Jacket From Being Made for Poverty Wages
Alex Lubben

Viewpoint
Why Jonathan Chait Is Wrong About Marxism, Liberalism and Free Speech
According to Marxists, the glaring problem with liberalism isn’t its emphasis on freedom and equality, but its inherent inability to ever meaningfully achieve these ideals in practice.
Tyler Zimmer

Viewpoint
The Racist Agenda Behind the Now-Dead ‘Friedrichs’ Supreme Court Case
A negative ruling would have led to a closing of the on-ramp to the middle class for women and people of color.
Naomi Walker

Feature
How the Democratic Party Created a Liberalism of the Rich
This isn’t the stuff of Franklin Roosevelt or the United Auto Workers.
Thomas Frank

Rural America
To Improve Rural Economy, USDA Will Give Out Millions in Loans and Grants
John Collins

Feature
In Cuba, Obama Articulated a Vision of History and Revolution that No Other President Ever Has
In a country in which political discourse rarely mentions race explicitly, Obama seemed to be saying to Cubans of African descent, I see you, and I understand your centrality in the past and future of your country.
Ada Ferrer
