The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Labor
National Paid Family Leave May Finally Be on the Horizon
Michelle Chen

Comics
The Real Pope Francis
Matt Bors

Labor
As One Window Closes in Chicago, Another One Opens
Kari Lydersen

Culture
Straight Outta Juárez
A new documentary on narcocorrido, the gangsta rap that glorifies the Mexican drug trade.
Michael Atkinson

Dispatch
A Win for 15
Could SeaTac prove a bellwether for the low-wage worker movement?
Jeff Bishku-Aykul

TIGA BINANGA, NORTH SUMATRA, INDONESIA
Rachel K. Dooley

The Truth About Nonviolent Movements
Stephen Zunes

Feature
Republicans Offer Up a Raw Deal for Christmas
The GOP wants to give corporations bonuses and put the unemployed out in the cold.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Feature
Precarious Democracy
A political agenda for the precarious class.
Joel Bleifuss

Feature
Stealing Pennies from Chileros
Green chiles are a hot commodity, but the fields are overgrown with wage theft.
Joseph Sorrentino

Making Fun Of Purity Culture Is Feminist
Lindsay Beyerstein
Video
How the NSA ‘Unconstitutional’ Ruling Proves Snowden is a Whistleblower
Miles Kampf-Lassin

Feature
Homeland, Season 3, Episode 12: Ding, Dong, the Snitch Is Dead
Homeland's writers kill a major character—and it's actually pretty touching. Go figure.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Comics
Santa: Black or White?
Matt Bors
What Do TV and Movies Get Right and Wrong About Prisons? – Volume II, ‘The Great Hollywood Con
Matt Stroud

Dispatch
An Anonymous Judge and Jury
For digital vigilantes, accused rapists are guilty until proven innocent.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Feature
Sandy Hook, One Year Later: No Gun Control in Sight
The NRA has taken keen advantage of our political system.
Steven Hill

Labor
In Memory of Mark Haller: Union Brother, Autistic and a Lifeline for Many
Mike Elk
