The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

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UN Blast of U.S. Human Rights Record Goes Mostly Unnoticed
U.S. media outlets have largely ignored a UN report noting America's human rights violations.
Ana Martinez

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Italy’s Forgotten Refugees
The country's structural support systems are quaking under the sheer volume of immigrants seeking asylum.
Giorgio Ghiglione

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The U.S. Chamber of Secrets
Who's funding the Chamber of Commerce and its attacks on workers' rights groups? No one knows.
Mariya Strauss

Culture
Artisanal Union-Busting
Whole Foods has attempted to crush anything resembling a union drive among its employees.
Chris Lehmann
Obama Floats Landmark Plan To Reduce Carbon Emission
Mary Lorenzo
Comics
A Decade of Environmentalist Deaths
Eric Garcia

Feature
Should We Fight the System or Be the Change?
The strengths and weaknesses of prefigurative politics.
Mark Engler and Paul Engler

Comics
How to Draw President Obama
Matt Bors

Labor
Leslie Orear, 103, Helped Bring Together Black and White Packinghouse Workers in the 1930s
Stephen Franklin

Dispatch
Abortion’s Underground Railroad
As state laws restrict abortion access, volunteers are stepping up to help women clear the hurdles.
Eesha Pandit

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Amara and Goliath
It's official: Rahm Emanuel has a challenger.
Kari Lydersen
Video
Elizabeth Warren and Thomas Piketty Discuss Inequality
Miles Kampf-Lassin

Labor
Dairy Work Has Soured for Vermont’s Migrant Workers
Jonathan Leavitt

Labor
Hundreds of San Francisco Transit Workers Stage ‘Sickout’ to Protest Pension Cuts
Rose Arrieta

Feature
Just How Big Are CEOs’ Packages?
For the first time, corporations must calculate the difference between CEO pay and median worker pay.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

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Will Cuomo Keep His Promises?
The Working Families Party went out on a limb when it endorsed the conservative Democrat.
Sarah Jaffe
Imprisoned for Being Too Poor to Pay a Fine?
George Lavender

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Yes, It’s Okay To Have a Metaphorical Rape in a Disney Movie
The problem with Maleficent isn't the dark themes.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
