The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
Feature
Even Being a NY Times Columnist’s Son at Yale Isn’t Enough to Prevent Racist Police Harassment
Charles Blow vented on Twitter when his son had a gun drawn on him by Yale Police.
Terrell Jermaine Starr, Alternet
Feature
If Bernie Sanders Runs For President, It Won’t Be as an Independent: “I will not be a spoiler”
The Vermont independent also pledged to push for a law change that would allow supervisors to start making overtime.
Connor Jones
Labor
How Scrappy Community and Labor Activists Took on a California Oil Giant—and Won
Jane Slaughter
Your Home Is Your Prison: How to Lock Down Your Neighborhood, Your Country, and You
Maya Schenwar
Feature
All the Chicago Mayoral Candidates Are Getting It Wrong: We Don’t Need More Cops
The only real solution to reducing violence is reducing inequality.
Andy Thayer
Feature
Big Tax Bills for the Poor, Tiny Ones for the Rich
Regressive state and local tax policies don’t just harm the poor—they harm entire economies.
David Sirota
Labor
After Facebook Victory, Shuttle Drivers at Silicon Valley Companies Look to Unionize
Alex Lubben
Labor
Union Membership Is Down Again—But It Still Pays To Be a Member
Doug Henwood
Labor
Is Ronald McDonald Racist?
David Moberg
Labor
Brazilian Workers, Students Battle Fare Hikes Pushed By Workers Party
Steve Payne
Feature
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Christian Radical—And Saint
King’s treatment in the media shows the degree to which, in the American mind, Christianity has been completely stripped of any radicalism.
Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig
Culture
Cuba’s Performance Problem
Havana closes down an open mic.
Coco Fusco
Feature
Slavoj Žižek: The Urgent Necessity of a Syriza Victory in Greece
Only a split from the European Union by Greece can save what is worth saving in the European legacy: democracy, trust in people and egalitarian solidarity.
Slavoj Žižek
Dispatch
The Women Behind Black Lives Matter
The 'leaderless' movement is being propelled by the efforts of women of color.
Kendra Pierre-Louis
Comics
Boko Haram And The Real Threat
Matt Bors
Comics
RIP King Tiger
Eric Garcia
Labor
The U.S. Labor Movement: At a ‘Crossroads,’ or the Gallows?
Jake Blumgart
Labor
Saving Labor’s Sinking Ship
David Moberg
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