The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
Feature
Jesse Jackson Keeps Pushing
30 years after his first presidential run, Jackson talks Obama, Civil Rights and the black vote.
Joel Bleifuss
Feature
Economic Inequality is Much Worse Than Most Americans Believe
According to a recent study, most of us severely underestimate just how bad the gap between the rich and the rest of us have gotten.
David Sirota
Feature
Abortion Isn’t a Necessary Evil. It’s Great
Progressives should admit it: We like abortion.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
Labor
Portland Church Fights a Worker Center Activist’s Deportation—And a Broken Immigration System
Kevin Solari
Feature
Noam Chomsky: Only One Thing Will Make Israel Change Course
Israel's brutalization of Palestinians through exercises like "mowing the lawn" will persist without a change in U.S. policy.
Noam Chomsky
Culture
Portrait of a Husband, Father and Genocidal Butcher
Heading the SS didn't excuse Heinrich Himmler from his fatherly duties.
Michael Atkinson
Feature
Jon Burge, Torturer of Over 100 Black Men, Is Out of Prison After Less Than Four Years
Chicago's notorious former police commander is released from prison. A human rights lawyer representing police torture victims responds.
Flint Taylor
Dispatch
Activist Pressure Keeps Walgreen’s HQ—And Nearly $4 Billion in Taxes—In U.S.
Thanks to activists, Walgreens execs cancel their Switzerland-bound flights.
Dan Staggs
Feature
White Politicians Still Run the Show in Heavily-Black Towns
Large numbers of African Americans are moving into towns and suburbs, yet their representation in the political system remains weak.
Terrell Jermaine Starr, Alternet
Labor
New Orleans Union Membership Set to Double After Hotel and Casino Workers Win
Kevin Solari
Comics
Recruiting Allies in Syria
Matt Bors
Culture
The Poor Don’t Need Pity
In a new book, Linda Tirado elaborates on her viral essay, 'Why I Make Terrible Decisions, or, Poverty Thoughts.'
Joanna Scutts
Labor
Lena Dunham Decides People Should Be Paid for Their Work
Micah Uetricht
Feature
7 Politicians Who Are Actually Talking About Inequality
A few lone voices in Congress are putting economic populism front and center.
David Moberg
“Great Firewall” Shuts Down Instagram, Social Media, During Hong Kong Protests
Kevin Solari
Feature
It’s the Inequality, Stupid
How to frame the 'defining challenge of our time.'
David Moberg
Feature
Failing the Midterms
The Democrats can't win by cutting class.
Chris Lehmann
US Prisons Guilty of Censorship Says Report to UN
George Lavender
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