The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
Labor
Richard Trumka: AFL-CIO Will Make Raising Wages for All Workers a Priority
David Moberg
Comics
A Few Good Lies
Matt Bors
Captive Nation: Dan Berger on Black Prison Organizing and Mass Incarceration
George Lavender
Labor
New England Workers Win Longest Telecom Strike in Decades
Julia Kann
Labor
Chicago Charter School Teachers Demand a Union
Arielle Zionts
Labor
Columbia College Faculty Vote to Disaffiliate from National Education Association
Kevin Solari
Video
Why Rahm Emanuel Has Been a Disaster for Chicago
Miles Kampf-Lassin
Dispatch
Chomsky, Lears and Elia Debate Whether an Academic Boycott of Israel Can Work
Is the tactic the best way to pressure Israel?
Joel Bleifuss
What’s Up with the Koch Brothers and Criminal Justice Reform?
George Lavender
Feature
Who’s Afraid of Chicago’s Progressive Aldermen? Rahm Emanuel, That’s Who.
The Chicago mayor's super PAC has spent large amounts of money to protect his allies on City Council—and take down those who oppose him.
Yana Kunichoff
Protest Over Medical Services Sparks Prisoner Uprising At Controversial Private Prison in Texas
George Lavender
Feature
Do Chicago’s Mayoral Candidates Care About Queer and Trans Chicagoans?
Only one candidate has staked out a strong position in favor of LGBTQ rights—and it isn't Rahm Emanuel.
H. Melt
Labor
Union, Environmental Group Say Dozens of Nuclear Workers Suffering from Toxic Materials Exposure
Elizabeth Grossman
Feature
As Germany Stands Firm Against Attempts to Scale Back Austerity in Greece, What’s Next for Syriza?
Germany's unwillingness to budge on the strict cuts demanded of Greece are bad news for rolling back austerity throughout the rest of Europe.
Alexandros Orphanides
Feature
Chicago Police Tight-lipped About Use of License Plate Scanners, Despite $500,000 New Contract
A secretive contracting process—and limited responses to information requests—leave Chicagoans in the dark about how their license plate data is being collected and used.
Joel Handley
Feature
Just Taxing the 1 Percent as Much as We Tax the Poor Would Yield Billions for Cash-Strapped States
A new report shows that states and cities effectively tax the 1 percent at only 5.4 percent—half what they tax the poor (10.9 percent).
David Sirota
Labor
Protests Get Results: Walmart Announces It Will Give Workers a Raise
Shawn Gakhal
Labor
How Mexican Teachers Are Fighting Standardized Tests and Corporate Education Reform
Jane Slaughter
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