The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
Feature
Mental Health Activists Say Rahm Emanuel Exploded at Them: “You’re going to respect me!”
The incident came almost three years to the day that another activist died after her mental health clinic was closed by Mayor Emanuel.
Yana Kunichoff
Labor
How Chicago’s Grassroots Movements Defeated Rahm Emanuel at the Polls
Amisha Patel
Culture
The Dude Abides
Kent Russell seeks to lay claim to the raw, serious stuff of the American male past.
Chris Lehmann
Video
Michelle Alexander On How Ferguson Shows The Truth About Our Racist Criminal Justice System
Jessica Stites
Labor
SEIU Local 73 Staffer On Mayoral Neutrality: We Have a “Good Working Relationship” with Rahm Emanuel
Micah Uetricht
Comics
Rahm’s New Image: Mr. Warmth
Fred Klonsky
Feature
Rahm Emanuel’s New Campaign Ad Shows a Mayor Who’s Terrified He’s About to Lose
His reelection bid was supposed to be a cakewalk, but Rahm is clearly starting to get nervous.
Micah Uetricht
Labor
When These GOP Governors Run for President, Remember Their Contempt for Workers
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
Feature
Why Chuy Garcia Needs To Condemn Rahm Emanuel’s Secret Police Interrogation Site (Updated)
By any other name, it still smells like torture.
Flint Taylor
Labor
With 82% of Chicago Votes for Paid Sick Leave, Labor Groups Call for Action
Yana Kunichoff
Labor
After Rejecting Proposed Contract, University of Toronto Teaching Assistants Go On Strike
Gerard Di Trolio
Dispatch
Tending Dixie’s Racial Wounds
Does a story-sharing program offer a chance at Southern reconciliation?
Theo Anderson
Labor
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers Takes Aim at Wendy’s
Geoff Gilbert
Labor
In Wisconsin’s Battle Against Right to Work, Labor Goes Through the Motions
David Goodner
Feature
Slavoj Žižek: Whither Zionism?
In order to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, we should not dwell in ancient past—we should forget it.
Slavoj Žižek
Dispatch
Why One Community Voted to Tax Itself
Public mental healthcare has been gutted in the past 50 years. An innovative Illinois law may provide an answer.
Anne-Marie Cusac
Feature
Chicago Progressives: Examine the Election’s Numbers Before Patting Yourselves on the Back
The city's progressives should claim no easy victories.
Marilyn Katz
Viewpoint
A New Magazine for the 1%
The redesigned New York Times Magazine aims for a global outlook, but comes off as elitist.
Susan J. Douglas
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