The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Labor

Foreign Trade Rules Are Killing Jobs and Communities. They Need Fixing Now.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Feature

Under Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Opens the Door to Privatizing Half its Public Housing

Residents fear that a new redevelopment initiative will usher in another wave of displacement.

Rebecca Burns

Dispatch

Is There Anything Wrong with GMOs?

Monsanto is malevolent, but some scientists say Frankenfoods can do good.

Molly Bennet

Feature

“He Sold Us Out”: Activists Fuming Over Bob Fioretti’s “Come to Rahm” Moment Endorsing Mayor Emanuel

The former progressive mayoral critic has come out in support of Rahm Emanuel, which some former allies see as a gross betrayal.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Feature

To Catch a Torturer: One Attorney’s 28-Year Pursuit of Racist Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge

A human rights attorney looks back at his nearly three decades going after Chicago's notorious torturer of African-American men.

Flint Taylor

Feature

The SEC’s Danger of Regulatory Capture

How the "cozying up" at the SEC is just another example of regulatory capture.

David Sirota

Feature

For FERC’s Sake, Regulate

The most important government agency you’ve never heard of has never met a fracking lobbyist it didn’t like.

Justin Mikulka

Feature

Why So Many Celebrities Are Scientologists: Going Clear, Revealing New HBO Doc, Holds Clues

One explanation is hidden in plain sight: the way the cult mirrors the star-obsessed, profit-driven culture of Hollywood.

Eileen Jones

Comics

Ted Cruz: He So Crazy!

Matt Bors

Culture

A Cover Artist, Discovered—40 Years Later

Mingering Mike had all the requisites for a legendary music career, except the music.

Chris Lehmann

Feature

South Side Man Who Posed Stone-faced with Mayor on Instagram: Rahm Emanuel is a Horrible Tipper

The health food store employee and a coworker say Mayor Emanuel is a notoriously bad tipper, and once left a 37-cent tip on a seven-dollar shake.

Micah Uetricht

Labor

As CTU and Chuy Garcia Endorse $15/hr Contract Demand, Fight for 15 Goes Beyond Fast Food

David Moberg

Rural America

Local Economies to Save the Land and the People

Wendell Berry

Culture

Obamacare and Its Discontents

Steven Brill's new book outlines the shortcomings, as well as the accomplishments, of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act.

Adam Gaffney

Feature

“To this mayor, black and brown lives do not matter”: 3 Arrested at Die-In at Rahm Emanuel’s Office

Protesters demand reforms to alleged abuses in Chicago’s criminal justice system, including a discriminatory “stop-and-frisk” program and secret interrogation site.

Yana Kunichoff

Labor

Court Steps in to #SaveH2B. But Is the U.S. Guestworker Program Worth Saving?

Rachel Luban

Labor

How Working Less Can Help Prevent Climate Catastrophe and Promote Women’s Equality

Daniel Aldana Cohen

Labor

UNITE HERE’s New Pro-Rahm Emanuel Ads Gush “Rahm Love” for “Mayor 1%”

Micah Uetricht