The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Dispatch
A Boycott Today Keeps the Testing at Bay
A model Chicago alliance of teachers, students and parents is leading the way in a nationwide testing refusal movement
Yana Kunichoff

Feature
Chicago’s Hidden Stop-and-Frisk
A lack of data makes police profiling difficult to prove in Chicago, but the arrest of two Latino outreach workers suggests it's alive and well.
Kari Lydersen
Protests Sweep Brazil in Advance of World Cup
Alex Wolff

Feature
Journalism Without Guts
Too often these days, journalists are afraid to challenge those in power.
David Sirota
Yet Another Way Tobacco Hurts Kids
Dan Staggs
Pipeline Rupture Creates ‘Lagoon’ of Oil in Los Angeles
Sarah Berlin

Dispatch
What Cesar Chavez Missed
The new film doesn't capture the diversity of the farmworkers' movement.
David Bacon

Feature
Net Neutrality Is Real—And It’s In Danger
Despite what cable and phone companies would like us to believe, the FCC has done much to ensure an open Internet.
Marvin Ammori
Republican Judge Halts Corruption Probe of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker
Alex Kogan

How the Guzzardi Campaign Fought the Machine and Won
Erica Sagrans

Labor
Biggest Fast-Food Worker Strike Yet Covers Six Continents
Amien Essif

Labor
Los Angeles Teachers Demand a Change, Starting with Union Leadership
Yana Kunichoff
Video
Why I Am Fighting for $15
Miles Kampf-Lassin

Hunger Strike May Spur Federal Reform to Immigration Detention
George Lavender

Labor
Organic Farmer: ‘There Are a Lot of Things I Can’t Control’
Matthew Blake
Labor Ally Ras Baraka Elected Newark Mayor
Alex Wolff
First Openly Gay Athlete Drafted into NFL
Dan Staggs

Comics
Walmart: The Real Welfare Queen
Eric Garcia
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