The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Labor

As Columbia Grad Students Announce Union Drive, UOregon Students Declare Victory in Strike

Kevin Solari

Labor

Thanks to Labor Board Ruling, You Can Now Use Company Email to Organize a Union

Moshe Z. Marvit

Feature

Charter Schools May Be Re-Segregating America’s Education System

Charters' defenders like to position themselves as 21st century civil rights activists. But a Delaware lawsuit alleges that charters are actually worsening racial inequality in the state.

David Sirota

Feature

The Recipe For A Successful Protest Movement

It's much more than a sheer numbers game: movements need a combination of mass disruption and sacrifice in order to take off.

Mark Engler and Paul Engler

Feature

The Most Hated Woman on the Internet

Haters--myself included--have pummeled Amanda Palmer so far beyond recognition that it’s disconcerting to hear her actual voice in her new memoir, The Art of Asking.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Viewpoint

U.S. Youth Take Police Violence Charges to the UN Committee Against Torture

A new generation globalizes the struggle.

Salim Muwakkil

Feature

On International Human Rights Day, Consider the U.N.‘s Statements on the American Justice System

We usually think of "human rights abuses" as something that occur abroad. But recent U.N. proceedings have strong words for the U.S.'s domestic and international activities.

Flint Taylor

Feature

Slavoj Žižek: How the United States Rolls

It's lonely being the global policeman.

Slavoj Žižek

Labor

SCOTUS Rules Workers Don’t Need To Be Paid for All Their Time Working

Moshe Z. Marvit

Feature

Do You Want Shrapnel with That Airbag?

Culpable carmakers and captive regulators make a deadly combo.

Terry J. Allen

Comics

The Inconvenience of Racist Police Violence

Matt Bors

Comics

Ham Sandwich

Eric Garcia

Labor

Senate Confirms Obama’s Labor Board Choice Ahead of GOP Senate Takeover

Bruce Vail

Labor

American Society’s Real Moochers: CEOs

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Feature

Why No One Remembers the Peacemakers

Elites prefer to commemorate dead soldiers, but perhaps we should remember the fighters who deserted and the activists who demanded peace.

Adam Hochschild

Feature

When Police ‘Reforms’ Only Legitimize Police Abuses

The proposed policing reforms in response to the killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner won't lessen police violence against communities of color. In fact, they may actually make it worse.

Michael Collins

Labor

Workers at Two Amazon Warehouses in Germany Go On Strike

Jordan McCurdy

Comics

Birds of a Feather

Eric Garcia