The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

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

Feature

Why Your Water Could Be Worse Than Flint’s

Our nation's water crisis requires radical solutions.

Laura Orlando