The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover
Feature
Deaths on the Nile
Is Egypt's revolution following the course of Iran's?
Slavoj Žižek
Labor
U.S. Free Trade Deal Hasn’t Ended Struggles for Colombia’s Unions
Stephen Franklin
Labor
Beleaguered Honeywell Workers Cautiously Optimistic As Arbitrator Sides With Union
Mike Elk
Feature
Overriding Bloomberg’s Vetoes, New York City Council Bans NYPD Racial Profiling
Stop-and-frisk is dealt the second serious blow in as many weeks, and this one may be even more significant.
Sarah Jaffe
Feature
Tar Sands Drones Are On Their Way
The energy industry wants to use unmanned aerial vehicles to monitor pipelines.
Cole Stangler
Comics
Canadian Cruz
Jeff Danziger
Feature
Ready, Willing and Disabled
Will the new fall TV shows succeed in depicting disabilities honestly?
Diane Shipley
Labor
Fight Against ‘Right-to-Work’ Not Over in Michigan
Matthew Blake
Seeking Environmental Justice, Community Battles Railroad and Rahm
Jeff Schuhrke
Dispatch
No Room of Their Own for New Yorkers in Need
Privatization threatens New York's public housing system.
Michelle Chen
Culture
Dystopia, for the ‘Lulz’
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Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
Feature
Orange is the New Black, Episode 5: Chasing That Chicken
The Litchfield women chase after a legendary chicken, while Daya and Aleida fail to understand one another
Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
Labor
Even Without Unions, Wal-Mart Warehouse Employees Win Change
David Moberg
Comics
Who Is The Real Racist?
Matt Bors
Culture
Rats in the Laboratory of Democracy
State legislatures are gaining power, but not for the people.
Chris Lehmann
Labor
In Major Win for Nurses, Judge Rescues Brooklyn Hospital From SUNY Shutdown
Sarah Jaffe
Labor
Rank-And-File Unionists Converge in Detroit as Part of ‘Summer of Solidarity’
Mike Elk
Feature
Young Tea Party ‘Rebels’ Burn Fake ‘Obamacare Cards’
A well-funded Tea Party think tank hopes to convince 3 million young people to forgo subsidized health insurance.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
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