The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Labor

New Report: The Pulp and Paper Industry Can Save Jobs by Becoming More Energy Efficient

Kari Lydersen

Feature

What Would Real Justice for Trayvon Martin Look Like?

The acquittal of George Zimmerman made us furious. But will a hate-crime conviction make anything better?

Kay Whitlock

Labor

Transgender Workers Win Discrimination Suits; Detroit Goes Bankrupt; Portland Truck-Makers Strike

Mike Elk

Labor

Heat Wave Prompts Strike at Dunkin’ Donuts, McDonald’s

Mike Elk

California Prisoners Vow to Continue Hunger Strike, Now In 12th Day

George Lavender

Judge Rules Detroit Bankruptcy Unconstitutional

Lauren Teixeira

Rolling Stone’s Jahar Tsarnaev Cover Is Perfect

Lindsay Beyerstein

Feature

Muslim Group Sues NSA Over Surveillance

Advocates are wary of an America where carrying-a-pressure-cooker-while-Muslim can bring the FBI knocking.

Belen Fernandez

Video

‘Leaked North Korean Propaganda Video’ an Amazing Critique of U.S. Consumerism

Jessica Corbett

Indiana Gov Sought To Ban Howard Zinn from Classrooms

Lauren Teixeira

Labor

Low-Wage Workers in D.C. Turn Pledge of Allegiance Into Protest Chant

David Moberg

Feature

Congress Members Move to Restore Voting Rights Act

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is taking steps to reinstate the civil-rights law invalidated by the Supreme Court.

Cole Stangler

A Young Filmmaker Shares Her Story of Losing a Mother to Gun Violence

Claire Glass

Feature

Is Higher Ed the Next Target of Corporate ‘Reformers’?

The proposed shuttering of City College of San Francisco bears unsettling parallels to K-12 school closings.

Rebecca Burns

Feature

White Chick Behind Bars

Netflix's Orange is the New Black gets an 'A' on queer issues, a 'C' on race and an 'F' on class.

Yasmin Nair

Culture

The Myth of the Hardhat Hawk

Was the working class really the biggest proponent of the Vietnam War?

Bhaskar Sunkara

E.U. Imposes Sanctions Against Israeli Occupied Territories

Lauren Teixeira

Feature

Taking Back the Open Mic Night

Prominent comedians are coming out against rape jokes after a long culture war.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle