The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Labor

After Public Radio Station Hires Notorious Union-Buster, Employees Likely to Lose Union Vote

Bruce Vail

Viewpoint

The Lesson from the Midterms: Elizabeth Warren Should Run in 2016

After the pity party’s through, let’s get organized.

Joel Bleifuss

Labor

Richard Trumka Sounds Optimistic Note In Spite Of Republican Midterm Shellacking

Cole Stangler

Labor

‘Over a Hundred’ Female Auto Workers Claim Assault, Sexual Harassment at Ford Plant

Kevin Solari

Feature

Americans Clearly Aren’t Buying into Democrats’ Empty Economic Promises

The Democrats have failed to put forward a program that offers real improvement in the average person's life.

Dean Baker

Labor

Andrew Cuomo and the Sad State of the Working Families Party

Ari Paul

Prop 47 Passes: California Wobbles Towards Sentencing Reform

George Lavender

Labor

The Movement for Domestic Workers Rights Is Gaining Momentum

Maxim George

Culture

We Are All Sea Turtles Now

Can the Olive ridley sea turtle survive human meddling?

Molly M. Ginty

Labor

Oregon Canvassers Workers Push for Unionization at Union-Funded Workplace

Shane Burley

Feature

Bruce Rauner Will Run Illinois Like His Businesses. That Should Terrify Us. (Updated)

The Republican candidate for governor is a billionaire private equity mogul whose legacy in business leadership has been vicious and vindictive.

David Moberg

Feature

How Can We Get More Women In Elected Office? Look to New Hampshire.

The Granite State is poised to become the first state in the U.S. to achieve gender parity in elected office. Here's how they did it.

Rebecca Hellmich

Labor

Andrew Cuomo Will Be Reelected and Public Education Will Suffer Because Of It

Kevin Solari

Labor

EXCLUSIVE: 19.7 Million Finance and Insurance Workers Subject to Political Lobbying By Their Bosses

Spencer Woodman

Feature

Noam Chomsky: The Long, Shameful History of American Terrorism

President Obama should call our country's history of supporting insurgents abroad for what it is: U.S.-backed terrorism.

Noam Chomsky

Feature

The Powerlessness of Positive Thinking

The battles over American history and censorship in Colorado are part of the longstanding cult of optimism on the Right.

Rick Perlstein

Feature

How Ferguson’s Black Majority Can Take Control of Their City

Our analysis of the voting data shows that when only white people vote, only white people get elected.

Amaris Montes and Zack Avre

Viewpoint

Jim Crow at the Polling Place

New voter legislation is an unwelcome blast from the past.

Joel Bleifuss