The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
Culture
Let Old Labor Die
With union membership declining, Tom Geoghegan has a radical prescription for labor.
Jeremy Gantz
Culture
On the Death of a Spouse
Karl has died.
Jane Miller
Feature
Dozens of Activists Arrested in Battle Against a Fracking “Gateway Drug” in New York
Residents of New York's Finger Lakes argue that gas projects would spell ecological and economic disaster for the region.
Molly Bennet
Locked Down, Locked Out: Exclusive Excerpt from Maya Schenwar’s New Book
Maya Schenwar
Dispatch
For the Majority of Undocumented Immigrants Who Remain in the Shadows, Churches Offer Sanctuary
6 million undocumented immigrants won’t receive relief under Obama’s executive action. Some churches are providing them with hope.
Kevin Solari
Labor
Three Myths About Teacher Tenure
Samantha Winslow
Feature
Should We Trust Him? The Mixed Results of Obama’s Past Immigrant Relief Measures
Past executive actions for undocumented immigrants under the president's administration haven't always delivered.
Yana Kunichoff
Viewpoint
Football: Nothing Left to Cheer For
How can fans respond to the rash of brutality on and off the field?
Susan J. Douglas
Feature
Journalists Aren’t Covering Local Elections. Our Democracy Is Suffering Because of It.
What if you held an election and nobody showed up to cover it? Americans now know the answer: elections with lots of paid ads but little journalism, context or objective facts.
David Sirota
Feature
Elizabeth Warren Needs to Run for President—Even If She Doesn’t Want To
She's the only one who can save the Democrats from themselves.
Ian Reifowitz
Culture
The Reporter Who Paid a High Price for ‘Contra Crack’
A new film, Kill the Messenger, shows how the CIA, the Washington Post and the LA Times conspired to discredit a journalist, and destroyed a life.
Jim Naureckas
Listen: California Attorney General “Shocked” By Her Own Department’s Arguments Against Parole
George Lavender
Labor
The United Arab Emirates Guestworker System Is Inhumane. So Is Ours.
Rachel Luban
Feature
Loan Servicer Busted for Backdating, But Foreclosure Victims Say Shenanigans Haven’t Stopped
Ocwen Financial feels your pain.
Joel Sucher
InvestigationGoodman Institute
Fracking the Poor
A 5-month investigation reveals that fracking operations in California are disproportionately concentrated in poor communities of color—and may be causing alarming health effects.
Hannah Guzik
Labor
Mass. Teachers Defeat Corporate Ed Reform Bill Through Rank-and-File Power
Dan Clawson
Labor
At Chattanooga Volkswagen Plant, Workers Finally Win a Different Kind of Union
Will Craft
Labor
Postal Workers Push Back Against Privatization and Post Office Closures
Bruce Vail
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