The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Feature

A Year Post-Ferguson, the Nation’s Youngest and Boldest Movement Debates Reform vs. Revolution

A firsthand report from Cleveland at the first-ever Movement for Black Lives national strategy session.

Rachelle Hampton

Feature

When Detained Immigrant Children Got Adult Dose of Hep A Vaccine, Mothers Objected, To No Avail

250 children at the Dilley, Texas, detention center were improperly vaccinated, even when mothers showed proof of prior vaccinations

Joseph Sorrentino

Rural America

Starting in the Classroom: A Chicago Advocacy Group Helps Kids Rethink Food

Maia Welbel

Feature

It’s Not (Just) a Joking Matter: Why Last Night’s GOP Debate Should Terrify the Left

The race to the right has never been this swift.

Marc Daalder

Labor

You Can Bet on These Racetrack Workers To Fight for a Raise From Their Billionaire Boss

Bruce Vail

Feature

We Watched the GOP Debate So You Didn’t Have To. Here Are All the Ridiculous Things That Were Said.

A crib sheet on Thursday evening's exhibition for everyone too busy (or too terrified) to watch

Darlena Cunha

Labor

Yes, ‘Teach for America’ Workers Are Employees and Can Join Teachers Union, Rules NLRB

Patrick Sheehan

Feature

Suddenly, Hillary Clinton Is a Critic of the TPP

After years of support for the trade deal, Clinton has seemingly backed off, as part of her newfound populism.

David Sirota

Comics

The Internet Police Strike Over Cecil the Lion

Matt Bors

Culture

Fall In Love with Your Job, Get Ripped Off by Your Boss

Miya Tokumitsu's sharp new book exposes the "Do what you love" fairy tale for what it really is: a means of exploitation.

Joanna Scutts

Feature

Scott Walker Is a Dictator-In-Waiting

Scott Walker 101: Pick fights. Smear and scapegoat opponents. Punish the defeated. Escalate.

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

Labor

GOP Plan To Slash Social Security Thwarted

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

Labor

Dunkin’ Donuts CEO Who Makes $4,887 an Hour Outraged at $15 Minimum Wage

Zaid Jilani

Culture

How an Anti-Austerity Protest Candidate Became the Frontrunner for Labour’s Leadership

Jeremy Corbyn's left campaign is shaking up UK Labour

Jane Miller

Viewpoint

Bruce Rauner is Using a Manufactured Crisis to Bust Unions, Privatize Services and Destroy Pensions

The right-wing Illinois governor is slashing programs for the state and threatening bankruptcy for Chicago Public Schools instead of offering any revenue raising solutions.

Jennifer Ritter and Jacob Swenson-Lengyel

Dispatch

How One Group of Moms Is Keeping the Peace on One of Chicago’s Most Violent Street Corners

The group wants to make one thing clear: Young black men are not the enemy.

Lillian Osborne and Jessica Stites

Feature

Lessons from Tonkin and Libya: We Need a President Who Won’t Trick Us Into War

Deception about Libya--and possibly Syria as well--descends from Vietnam-era policies. Both major parties are guilty. Where do the 2016 candidates stand?

Stephen R. Weissman

Labor

Verizon Workers Prepare for a Strike Over Job and Benefit Cuts

Pam Galpern