The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

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

Feature

Slavoj Zizek: We Can’t Address the EU Refugee Crisis Without Confronting Global Capitalism

The refugees won't all make it to Norway. Nor does the Norway they seek exist.

Slavoj Žižek

Dispatch

The City of Detroit Withheld Water From 40,000 People–So Activists Tapped the Mayor’s Mansion

The action was a bid to draw attention to what the UN has called a violation of human rights

Lauren Gaynor

Labor

Seattle Teachers Go On Strike, Say It’s “About Caring For What’s Right for Our Kids”

Mario Vasquez

Culture

‘Welcome to Leith’ Charts A White Supremacist Attempt to Take Over a Tiny North Dakota Town

A new documentary by Michael Nichols and Christopher Walker explores a firefight between American individualism and the public good

Michael Atkinson

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English-Only To the Core

What the Common Core means for emergent bilingual youth

Jeff Bale

Feature

How Common Core Hurts English Language Learners

Teachers say the new standards exacerbate the disconnect between policy and practice.

Jose Luis Vilson