The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
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Today, Congressional Republicans Violate Their Oath of Office
The House has resorted to hostage-taking, rather than the job it was elected to do.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
Video
Elizabeth Warren Makes The Case For A $22/hr Minimum Wage
Miles Kampf-Lassin
Feature
The True Jewel in the British Crown? Tax-Free Benefits
There's one British family who won't have to worry about austerity measures.
Tony McKenna
Feature
Why the GOP Is Really Waging Its War on Food Stamps
The attack on SNAP is mere political symbolism--but that symbolism is lucrative.
James Patterson
Comics
The Shutdown’s Dirty Truth
Jeff Danziger
Breaking Bad Recap, Season 5, Episode 16: Felina (FINALE)
Lindsay Beyerstein
Feature
Where Farmers Markets and CSAs Fall Short
Mary Berry, daughter of poet Wendell Berry, wants to take local food beyond 'a faddish economy.'
John Collins
Viewpoint
Mining Your Life for Their Profit
A behind-the-screens look at how Internet giants sell your personal information.
Susan J. Douglas
Labor
The Sub-Subminimum Wage: Is It Legal to Pay $2 an Hour?
Amien Essif
Labor
Teamsters Have Beef with Ted Cruz; Guest Workers’ Zero-Dollar Pay; Exxon Mobil Goes Gay-Friendly
Mike Elk
Feature
The Joy of Hate-Watching ‘Atlas Shrugged’
A Kickstarter campaign to raise money for the trilogy's final installment is just the icing on the cake.
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
Labor
‘People’s Board’ Takes On Rahm Emanuel’s Handpicked School Board
Matthew Blake
Feature
How the Syrian Revolution Went Wrong
With the opposition fracturing, is there still hope for a Syrian Spring?
Richard Seymour
Comics
The Can Kicks Back
Jeff Danziger
Feature
An Empire in a Galaxy Not So Far Away
Obama insists that the U.S. is not an 'empire,' but our foreign policy suggests otherwise.
David Sirota
Feature
What Bootstraps?
Proposed food stamp cuts could leave job seekers with nowhere to turn.
Cole Stangler
Labor
California Domestic Workers Win Long-Sought Bill of Rights
Rose Arrieta
Labor
Wage Wars: Bangladeshi Workers Reach a Boiling Point
Michelle Chen
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