The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
Feature
The GOP and ALEC’s War on Cities
The Right has hijacked Congress and State Houses. Now it's coming for the cities.
Theo Anderson
Feature
Mad Max: Fury Road and the Glaring Whiteness of Post-Apocalyptic Films
Will people of color ever make it to the end of the world?
Nashwa Khan
Feature
The Prospects for Radical Democracy in Spain
The upcoming municipal elections will be a key test for the rising leftist movement in Spain.
Vicente Rubio Pueyo and Pablo La Parra
Feature
Illinois Bill Would Ban State Pension Funds from Divesting from Israel
The anti-worker and anti-Palestinian agenda seem to be converging in Illinois.
Ben Lorber
Labor
Why Did the New York Times Ask Everybody But Grad Students About Grad Student Unions?
Anna Waltman, Natasha Raheja and Shannon Ikebe
Labor
Chicago Armored Truck Employees Say They Were Fired for Participating in Fight for 15 Strike
Arielle Zionts
Feature
Amtrak’s Spectrum Gap
The main reason for the derailment? Amtrak failed to acquire broadcast rights to send automatic safety communications.
David Sirota
Labor
Fast Food Workers Take Their Fight to McDonald’s Shareholders Meeting
David Moberg
Labor
After Police Union Pressure, Teacher Fired for Allowing Students to Write Letters to Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mario Vasquez
Culture
Why Silicon Valley Won’t Solve the World’s Problems
In Geek Heresy, former Microsoft do-gooder Kentaro Toyama reconsiders tech-based social-change initiatives.
Chris Lehmann
Feature
A Historian’s Case for Why We Should Stop Talking About the Founding Fathers
In American politics, the Founding Fathers are more propaganda than people.
David Sehat
Labor
After Striking and Occupying Their Factory, Chinese Bike Light Workers Face Firings and Arrests
Elaine Hui
Labor
Los Angeles Is Getting a $15 Minimum Wage
Lauren Gaynor
Labor
Walmart’s Absurd Anti-Union Training Video Just Got Leaked
Lauren Gaynor
Labor
Thousands of Fast Food Workers to Protest McDonald’s Shareholder Meeting Today
David Moberg
Culture
Inside the Happiness Racket
Can money buy happiness? A new book explores the history of those who have tried to sell it.
Joanna Scutts
Labor
Bill de Blasio Proposes a National Progressive Agenda to Rewrite the Rules of American Inequality
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
Feature
Seymour Hersh’s Bin Laden Story Challenged the Power Structure—So Media Disregarded It
The veteran reporter's bombshell investigation into the killing of Osama bin Laden sparked a controversy in journalistic decency.
Jim Naureckas
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