The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Dispatch

Alabama’s Anti-Abortion Architects

Amidst uproar over a new law threatening three clinics, a fourth was quietly shut down.

Robin Marty

Poll: Chicagoans Say They Want Rahm Emanuel Out, Karen Lewis In

Ethan Corey

Dispatch

The Oil Industry Hits an Unexpected Roadblock

A small city in Maine strikes a blow against Canadian tar sands extraction.

Cole Stangler

Labor

Harris v. Quinn Threatens Fair Share Dues in Connecticut (Updated)

Melinda Tuhus

Abortion Rights Take Another Hit in Mississippi and Florida

Elias Kuhn von Burgsdorff

Feature

How To Duplicate the Sweeping Victory of Gay Marriage

Other social movements can use a similar 'civil resistance' strategy.

Mark Engler and Paul Engler

Comics

What To Expect When You’re Having a Corporation

Matt Bors

IRBIL, IRAQ

Rachel K. Dooley

Labor

Actor: ‘The Roles Get Fewer and Farther Between’

Matthew Blake

Dispatch

The Nanny University

Is the academy trigger-warning happy?

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Viewpoint

Revisiting Reparations

It's time for a Marshall Plan for black Americans.

Salim Muwakkil

‘Princeton Mom’ Tells Fox Viewers To Forget Feminism and Satisfy Their Husbands

Jessica Corbett

Labor

Hospital Union Claims Victory in Johns Hopkins Contract Fight

Bruce Vail

Feature

Orange Is the New Black, Season 2, Episode 5: A Song of Vice and Ire

The relationships among races on OITNB are as complex as the politics on Game of Thrones.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature

As Usual, Washington Follows the Buck

When it comes to party politics, Big Money wins over big principles.

David Sirota

Culture

Jan Palach: Prague’s Human Torch

A new film takes a rare look behind the Iron Curtain.

Michael Atkinson

Uber Driver Kidnaps Passengers in Attempt To Avoid $2,000 Fine

Ethan Corey

JAPAN

Rachel K. Dooley