The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Labor

Why Port Truckers Are Striking: 12-Hour Shifts, Noxious Fumes and $12.90 Paychecks

Sarah Jaffe

Labor

As ‘Black Friday’ Looms, Wal-Mart Under the Gun for Alleged Retaliation

Jeff Bishku-Aykul

Feature

Homeland, Season 3, Episode 8: Cruel, But No Longer Unusual

Homeland's insistence on torturing Carrie has become routine to the point of hilarity.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature

Ocwen Servicing Knows You’re Angry…

The explosion of non-bank mortgage servicers is hurting American homeowners.

Joel Sucher

Feature

How Mayor Rahm Emanuel Awoke a Progressive Resistance in Chicago

The war between Chicago's 99% and its latest mayor.

Kari Lydersen

Ten years in, Prison Rape Elimination Act standards finally go into effect

Matt Stroud

Labor

From U.S. to Philippines, Nurses Mobilize in Typhoon Haiyan’s Wake

Michelle Chen

Weekend read: G4S claims it’s ‘securing your world’—but does your world need securing by G4S?

Matt Stroud

Labor

Ditching Child Labor Laws; Honeywell Looking to Escape Liability; Machinists Reject Boeing Contract

Mike Elk

Hacktivist Jeremy Hammond’s Message to the World

The Sparrow Project

Feature

Trans-Pacific Partnership Opponents Score Major Victory

This week, 174 House members declared their opposition to fast-tracking the free-trade agreement.

Cole Stangler

Labor

Volkswagen Gave Money to Anti-Union Group That Used Pro-Confederate Rhetoric (Updated)

Mike Elk

Feature

A ‘Historic Moment’ for Campus Solidarity

University of California grad students will join service workers on the picket lines in a rare sympathy strike.

Rebecca Burns

Feature

Christie’s Grand Ol’ Party Is Just That: Old

The presidential hopeful's policies harken back to the good ol' days of Bush-era conservatism.

David Sirota

Feature

Who’s to Blame for ENDA’s Demise?

Democrats and major gay-rights groups haven’t pressed all that hard to end workplace discrimination.

Cole Stangler

Labor

Instructors Often Pressured to Censor Themselves, Says Professor Scolded for ‘Tea Party’ Email

Michelle Chen

Dispatch

California Protects Wage-Theft Whistleblowers

A newly passed bill is especially crucial for undocumented workers.

Jeffrey Bishku-Aykul

Labor

How Sandy Clean-Up Brought Day Laborers Out of the Shadows

Michelle Chen