The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Labor
In the Midst of Union Battle, Duquesne University Just Laid Off All but One of Its English Adjuncts
Moshe Z. Marvit

Labor
Heavy-Spending Trucking Industry Pushes Congress to Relax Safety Rules for Drivers
Brian Joseph

Labor
Connecting the Dots Between the “Identity Politics” of Black Lives Matter and Class Politics
Ethan Corey

Labor
In Minneapolis, a Strong ‘Fair Scheduling’ Law for Workers Runs Into a Corporate Roadblock
Justin Miller

Labor
Teach Classes in the Morning, Drive Uber at Night: Why Chicago Adjuncts Are Demanding a Union
Lauren Kaori Gurley

Rural America
The Kids Are Not All Right: GE Soybeans Alter Nanny’s Milk and Stunt Growth, Research Finds
Jonathan R. Latham

Feature
Why Canada’s Most Progressive Major Party Didn’t Make Big Gains at the Polls
While the New Democratic Party campaigned on a more progressive platform, the Liberals campaigned to the left just enough to sow doubt about the NDP—while the NDP moved to the center.
Gerard Di Trolio

Feature
Lessons in Nonviolent Palestinian Resistance From the First Intifada: An Interview with Mubarak Awad
Mubarak Awad was one of the main organizers of the nonviolent resistance during the First Intifada and continues to practice strategic forms of nonviolent resistance to Israeli occupation.
Waleed Shahid

Clinton Campaign Will Stop Taking Cash from Private Prison Companies’ PACs and Lobbyists
George Lavender

Feature
Why Are U.S. Special Forces Operations Expanding Across the Globe?
This year alone, U.S. Special Operations forces have been deployed to a record-shattering 147 countries—75% of the nations on the planet.
Nick Turse

Feature
Faced With Exorbitant Utility Costs, New York State Residents Fight To Keep The Lights On
A housing rights organization in Poughkeepsie, New York, stands with its community against a utility company's attempt to disconnect low-income family homes.
Laura Gottesdiener

Dispatch
A Bill of Rights That Puts Workers Above Corporations
It's up to the voters of Spokane, Washington.
Simon Davis-Cohen
Prison Phone Call Rates Capped
George Lavender

Labor
The Complicated Story Behind Those Images of Terrified Air France Executives Fleeing Workers
Robert Zaretsky

Labor
Union Democracy Pioneer Herman Benson, Defender of Rank-and-File Labor Reformers, Turns 100
Mark Brenner

Labor
SEIU, IBEW Locals in New Hampshire Announce Bernie Sanders Endorsement
Mario Vasquez

Rural America
Why the Left Isn’t Talking About Rural American Poverty
Lauren Kaori Gurley

Viewpoint
The Republican Congressional Caucus Has Devolved Into a Comedy of Errors
The antics of the Republican congressional caucus would be funny if they weren't affecting the orderly functioning of our federal government.
Jim Hightower
