The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Feature
4 Ways the Hobby Lobby SCOTUS Case Could Spell Disaster
The Religious Right wants to deny you birth control coverage. So what's next?
Erika L. Sánchez, AlterNet

Labor
SeaTac Workers Fight for Their 15
Amien Essif

Labor
The First Blow to the NCAA Establishment: NLRB Rules Players Are Employees
Alex Lubben

Culture
For Cambodian Documentarians, a Conundrum
How do you show the past when the Khmer Rouge torched all traces?
Michael Atkinson

Labor
Labor Crisis Begets Violence on Colombia’s Pacific Coast
James Bargent

Feature
Gas Export Push Gains Steam, Bulldozing Environmental Concerns
The Senate and House Energy Committees call to fast-track liquefied natural gas exports.
Cole Stangler

Comics
The Search Continues
Matt Bors

Dispatch
Teachers’ Strikes, Catching Fire
From Oregon to Minnesota, school is out unless teachers and communities are heard.
Sarah Jaffe

Culture
The New York Lottery, Now Kid-Friendly?
A new ad blitz makes deceptive claims.
Matthew Vaz

Labor
Rejecting TPP, AFL-CIO’s Trumka Calls for ‘Global New Deal’
Bruce Vail

Feature
The Politics of Envy
Why the 99% should be tired of fat cats who play the victim.
Michael Winship
Obama Unveils Plan to Reform NSA’s Data Collection Program
Alex Wolff

Labor
Candlelight Vigil at Cook County Jail Shines Light on Chicago’s Mental Health Crisis
Kari Lydersen
Three More Chicago Public Schools To Be “Turned Around”
Andrew Mortazavi
Wells Fargo Fabricated Foreclosure Documents
Sarah Berlin

Feature
Our Plutocracy Problem
When the 1% and politicians join forces, democracy loses.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Labor
Activist Coalition Wins Control of L.A. Teachers Union
Samantha Winslow

Dispatch
Keystone XL Gets Electoral
Green candidates are cropping up all over the 'red' state of Nebraska.
Cole Stangler
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