The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Labor
Disney’s Magic Kingdom Losing Its Sparkle For Workers
Bruce Vail
Video
Remembering Pete Seeger, A Legendary Social Justice Activist
Miles Kampf-Lassin
Socialist Seattle City Council Member Makes Good on Salary Promise
Andrew Mortazavi

Comics
Tom Perkins and Hitler in 2014
Matt Bors

‘We’re Putting Our Lives on the Line’: Northwestern Football Player on Why He Needs a Union
Alex Lubben

Feature
The Gap Between Rich and Poor, Accidentally Explained by Bob McDonnell
The scandal shows inequality is not just a slip of some invisible hand of the market.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Dispatch
Yelp, for Fair Dining
A new app tells you which restaurants treat their workers well.
Analeah Rosen
‘Too Big to Fail’ Costs EU Billions
Sarah Berlin
Guards Commit Almost Half of Prison Sexual Assaults
Sarah Berlin

Feature
Is The Racial Apology Possible?
Madonna's N-word Tweet, Ani DiFranco's plantation kerfuffle, and the limitations of 'sorry.'
Daisy Hernández

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
Rachel K. Dooley
TransCanada Pipeline Explodes; What About Keystone XL?
Danayit Musse

Dispatch
The ‘Sharing’ Hype
Do companies like Lyft and Airbnb help democratize the economy?
Rebecca Burns

Feature
‘It is Roi who is dead’: Remembering Amiri Baraka (1934-2014)
The rousing, polarizing poet had many selves.
Andrew Epstein

‘Lives lived behind bars are too often invisible’: Pete Brook’s ‘Prison Photography’ on display
Matt Stroud

Feature
Downton Abbey, Season 4, Episode 4: Stuck in Bates’ Feelings-Swamp
In the game of Downton Abbey, nobody wins as long as Bates is around.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

A Victory for the Rights of Texan Women (But Only If They Are Dead)
Lindsay Beyerstein

Feature
What To Expect From New York’s Black Feminist First Lady
Can we embrace Chirlane McCray without smothering her?
Andrea Plaid
