The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
Labor
Domestic Workers Emerging from the Shadows
Stephen Franklin
Labor
Will Chicago Progressives Unite Behind Chuy Garcia, Rahm’s 11th-Hour Challenger?
Yana Kunichoff
Feature
Interstellar Has Great Visuals and a Bad Case of Christopher Nolan Disease
A guy with a dead wife nobly pursues the blowing up of cool shit, in a universe based on iffy science. Sound familiar?
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
Feature
With Net Neutrality, Obama Finally Takes a Principled Stand
By calling for the reclassification of broadband as a utility, the president has opened the lanes for a truly free and open Internet.
Mark Stanley
Comics
Net Neutrality ≠ Obamacare of the Internet
Matt Bors
Culture
Palestine Activist’s Confession Allegedly Obtained By Torture Leads to Immigration Conviction
Rasmea Odeh faces up to 10 years in a U.S. prison and deportation for failing to disclose a criminal history that was allegedly the result of physical and sexual torture.
Christa Smith
Labor
Your Next Bike Share Ride May Be Powered By Union Labor
Amien Essif
Feature
Chicago Progressive Groups Aim to End Rahm Emanuel’s City Council Stranglehold
Two Chicago coalitions are working to elect progressive candidates in the 2015 elections—and build an enduring movement.
Kari Lydersen
Feature
The Best Way to Celebrate Veterans Day? Stop Thanking the Troops
A former Army Ranger says he doesn't want to be thanked for his service—he wants politicians to stop sending young soldiers off to die.
Rory Fanning
Feature
Imagining a World After Capitalism
Activists and organizers gather in Detroit to discuss work and culture beyond the free market framework.
H Kapp-Klote
Comics
Catcalling: The Dating Strategy for Misogynist Creeps
Matt Bors
Feature
The Democrats Need a Shot in the Arm
Republicans pulled together in the midterms to continue waging war on workers, the planet and democracy. Democrats ran from each other. The results shouldn't surprise us.
David Moberg
Feature
Reagan and Gorbachev Didn’t Tear Down the Berlin Wall
Don't be fooled by the mainstream narrative: The 1989 revolutions weren't just byproducts of extraordinary historical circumstances. Change happens when activists seize a moment and escalate.
Mark Engler and Paul Engler
Feature
Mainstream Media’s Unsurprising Advice for Dems: Move Further to the Right
Even at a time of voters' clear desire for strong progressive policies, the advice is the same as always.
Peter Hart and Jim Naureckas
Feature
How Did Minnesota Stay Blue in the Midterms? By Embracing, Not Running From, Progressive Values
Minnesota bucked the nationwide swing to the right. The national Democratic Party could learn a few things from how they did it.
Jacob Wheeler
Feature
Do the Midterms Spell a GOP Takeover in 2016? Not in the Slightest.
Tuesday's elections did not necessarily portend a huge swing to the right by the American people.
David Sirota
Labor
A Bright Spot in Tuesday’s Bloodbath: Massachusetts Voters Passed a Strong Paid Sick Leave Bill
Michael Arria
Labor
I Didn’t Vote for Pat Quinn, Because He’s Trying to Destroy My Pension
Fred Klonsky
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