The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Cost of prison phone calls is mercifully on the decline, but there a loophole—video calls

Matt Stroud

Feature

Republicans (Still) Have a ‘Female Problem’

In the 2014 midterms, women will be the battleground. And one party has a leg up.

Ruth Rosen

Feature

‘Sorry’ Not Good Enough for Chicago Torture Survivors

Rahm Emanuel needs to put his money where his mouth is.

G. Flint Taylor and Joey L. Mogul

Feature

Downton Abbey, Season 4, Episode 1, Part 1: A (Silver) Spoon Full of Sugar

Downton Abbey's back, and it's schmaltzier than ever.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Labor

Obama Administration Stays Quiet as Boeing Strikes Major Blow to Pensions

Mike Elk

The Death of a Brain

Lindsay Beyerstein

Comics

Fox Truth

Matt Bors

Comics

Fox Truth

Matt Bors

JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

Rachel K. Dooley

Feature

Forever Temp?

Once a bastion of good jobs, manufacturing has gone gaga for temps.

Sarah Jaffe

Decision to abandon private prison company a welcomed, ‘profound about-face’ from Idaho governor

Matt Stroud

Labor

Angry Workers Swarm Seoul’s Streets, Demand President Resign

Michelle Chen

Comics

If Drones Came Home

Matt Bors

BAGHDAD, IRAQ

Rachel K. Dooley

Labor

The U.S. Government Uses Sweatshops, Too

Michelle Chen

Viewpoint

Dumbing America Down

The Right wants us to think higher education has no value.

Susan J. Douglas

Comics

Unemployment’s Obvious Solution

Matt Bors

Drug Tests for Welfare Applicants Ruled Unconstitutional

Kathleen Jercich