The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Comics

Kim Davis and the Future of Gay Liberation

Matt Bors

Culture

Clint Eastwood: The Good, the Bad and the Reactionary

Patrick McGilligan's unauthorized biography of the film legend, updated through 2015, suffers from bastard fatigue: There are just too many examples of Eastwood's perfidy.

Eileen Jones

Oklahoma Execution Looms but Lawyers say Richard Glossip “Sentenced to Death Because He’s Poor

George Lavender

Viewpoint

Meet the Group of African-American Organizers Building Black Support for Bernie Sanders

Will grassroots organizing within the black electorate be able to challenge Clinton’s hegemony?

Salim Muwakkil

Culture

In Elena Ferrante’s Neopolitan Novels, Women’s Rage Is Both Pardonable and Malevolent

The mysterious, wildly popular Italian novelist excels at crises and contradictions

Jane Miller

Rural America

Land Claims: An Indigenous People’s History of the United States

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Feature

Ten Thousand Is Not Enough: Why The U.S. Must Take More Syrian Refugees

Millions of Syrians have been forced from their homeland due to a conflict that we inflamed

Marc Daalder

Dispatch

After a 24-Year Gap, Chicago’s South Side Gets a Trauma Center

The result of years of organizing, the center fills a need in a badly underserved area

Zac Weber

Labor

Bernie Sanders: “Your Pay Is Too Damn Low”

David Moberg

Labor

Supporting Bernie Sanders Because He Supports Workers? David Brooks Thinks You Have a Mental Problem

Dean Baker

Viewpoint

Under Obama Administration, Federal Prosecution of White-Collar Crime Hits 20-Year Low

Prosecutions have fallen 36 percent since the Clinton years despite calls from Democratic presidential candidates for more pressure on Wall Street

David Sirota

Labor

Labor for Bernie Pushing Unions To Back Bernie Sanders, Prevent Early Hillary Clinton Endorsements

Mario Vasquez

Feature

Freddie Gray Case Set To Be Tried in Baltimore—For Now

The trials of the six officers charged in Gray's death are currently set to begin October 13.

Caitlin Goldblatt

Viewpoint

The Dyett Hunger Strikers’ Fight For Green Technology and a Better Bronzeville

The hunger strikers aren't just fighting to keep a school open—they're fighting to transform a gentrifying Chicago neighborhood for the better.

Kyle Serrette

Feature

Holy Crap: New Poll Puts Bernie Sanders Ahead of Hillary Clinton in Iowa

Iowa is feeling the Bern.

Karen Gwee

Viewpoint

Is The Donald the New Ronald?

Reagan's candidacy was a punchline until it wasn't.

Joel Bleifuss

Feature

‘Best of Enemies’ Provides a View of Gore Vidal, William F. Buckley and the 1960s From the Bathroom

The new documentary contains lots of shouting but only passing hints at substance.

Kevin Schultz

Labor

Bernie Sanders Can Help Revitalize the American Labor Movement

Joseph M. Schwartz