The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Labor
A Holiday Recipe for Economic Equality—in Just 7 Simple Steps!
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Viewpoint
The New Star Wars Film is the Same Old Hackneyed Nonsense—Please Don’t Kill Me for Saying It
With Star Wars: The Force Awakens racking up more and more acclaim, have audiences forgotten the narrative complexity and moral ambiguity cinema is capable of?
Eileen Jones

Labor
How One NYC Trafficking Survivor Went from ‘Slavery’ to Being Her Own Boss—Thanks to a Co-op
Abigail Savitch-Lew

Labor
OSHA Finds $12,000 Worth of Citations at Hotel Where Workers Report Dealing with Blood, Needles
s.e. smith

Labor
How Free Agency Changed the Course of Baseball’s Labor History
Jon Shelton

Comics
Honest Debate Is Harder To Get Than Guns
Matt Bors

Labor
Students Say Loyola University Chicago Admins Punishing Participants in On-Campus Worker Protest
Branko Marcetic

Feature
The Rise of Podemos In Spain’s Election Shows How Much Trouble the Establishment Is In
From Spain’s “Nueva Política” to Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, outsider candidates and parties are catching fire, creating new spaces for political revolution.
Erica Sagrans

Rural America
The Tricky Relationship Between Marijuana and American Indians
Winona LaDuke

Culture
Austerity Is Stranger Than Fiction
Filmed in Portugal in 2013 and 2014, Miguel Gomes' new documentary Arabian Nights tries to make sense of life under IMF rules.
Michael Atkinson

Rural America
Native American Graphic Novel Selected As Among Year’s Best
Stephanie Woodard

Labor
Our Response to the Offshoring of 600 Oreos Jobs Should Be International Solidarity, Not a Boycott
Toby Chow

Labor
After Polling Its Members, Communications Workers of America Endorses Bernie Sanders
Steve Payne

Feature
The U.S. Military Is Expanding Its Secret Drone Warfare in Africa to Combat the Rise of ISIS
American efforts are underway to create a string of drone bases in Africa.
Nick Turse

Rural America
Fracking Bans Are Teaching Americans That They Are Not as Free as They Think
Thomas Linzey

Culture
Europe, A Love Story: Michael Moore’s Latest Film Tries To Sell Social Democracy to America
In 'Where To Invade Next,' Moore marches around Europe with a flag on his shoulder, to dubious effect.
Jeremy Gantz

Labor
Blame Anyone but the Corporations: GOP Fear-Mongering Distracts from the TPP
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Feature
8 Terrible Things About the Trans-Pacific Partnership
It's no wonder the Obama administration tried to keep this secret—the corporate-friendly trade agreement, decoded.
David Moberg
