The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
Feature
Watch a Very ‘80s Bernie Sanders Make His Folk Music Album on a Public Access TV Show
A 1987 episode of Sanders's public access television show, Bernie Speaks, provides a look at the presidential candidate's musical side.
Lauren Gaynor
Labor
Connecticut Just Passed a Law Requiring Bosses Who Steal Workers’ Wages to Pay Them Back Double
Ava Tomasula y Garcia
New Lawsuit Alleges Systemic Abuse of Solitary Confinement in Illinois
Dayton Martindale
Comics
Public High Schools in Louisiana Are Now Using the Bible in Science Class
Matt Bors
Culture
The Tribe Is a Silent Lord of the Flies
Though entirely in Ukrainian Sign, without subtitles, Slaboshpytskiy's remarkable film will speak to a hearing audience.
Michael Atkinson
Feature
Three U.S. Churches Are Now Debating Divestment From Companies Invested in the Israeli Occupation
The debates come just after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared BDS activism to the Holocaust.
Ryan Rodrick Beiler
Viewpoint
The Anti-Union Bosses’ Group Fighting Fast Food Organizing Is Now Going After Home Care Workers
Can workers centers and unions create a movement strong enough to fight back?
Mariya Strauss, Political Research Associates
Feature
Dylann Roof’s Rhodesian, South African Flags Symbolize White Supremacy. So Does the Confederate Flag
That a racist mass murderer would embrace of the three flags should end the debates about whether or not the Confederate flag can mean anything other than racism.
Peter Cole
Rural America
Too Many Farmers? The Debate Continues
Fred Kirschenmann
Feature
Good News for Bernie Sanders? Poll Shows 47% of Americans Would Vote for a Socialist
A sizeable chunk of Americans say they'd consider voting to send a socialist to the Oval Office.
Marc Daalder
Rural America
Neil Young Sings Out Against the Age of Agribusiness
Maia Welbel
Feature
Going Beyond Labor’s Limitations: Larry Cohen Reflects on His Time as a Progressive Union President
An interview with Larry Cohen, outgoing Communications Workers of America president, on how the U.S. labor movement can go bigger.
David Moberg
Comics
Why the Media Doesn’t Call Massacres By White Supremacists “Terrorism”
Matt Bors
Labor
America Needs a New Vision for Trade—Not More Fast-Track Deals Benefitting the Rich
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
Culture
A Century After Ota Benga’s Captivity, Elites Still Don’t Understand White Supremacy
Over a century after a Congolese man was displayed at the Bronx Zoo monkey exhibit, white elites still stubbornly believe they are benevolent, not supremacist.
Chris Lehmann
Labor
Organizers Say New Rule Speeding Up Elections Gives Bosses Less Time To Crush Union Drives
Dan DiMaggio
Feature
Neil Young: Donald Trump Shouldn’t Use My Music. Bernie Sanders Can, Though
Young managed to decry Trump's use of his song, lament rising inequality and endorse Sanders all at the same time.
Lauren Gaynor
Feature
The Confederate Flag Is a Symbol of Racist Terror. It Should Be Eradicated.
If we don’t eliminate the Confederate flag, we can only expect more racist, depraved acts like Dylann Roof's in our future.
Frank Smecker
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