The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

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The Sad Truth About the West, TX Plant Explosion

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New Twinkies Will Have a Missing Ingredient: Union Labor

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‘Torture’ Team Arrives at Gitmo; Obama Reiterates His Vow to Close

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The Elvis Impersonator

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Lean Socialist

Why liberalism needs socialism--and vice versa.

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No, Matt Yglesias, Bangladeshi Workers Didn’t Choose To Be Crushed To Death

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Labor

Farmworkers Dig Into the New ‘Blue Card’ Plan

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New York Didn’t Pull a Chicago, But Dissident Teachers Aren’t Giving Up

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Will Iceland Shift Right?

Iceland's surprising recovery was heralded as the great anti-austerian victory. So why are voters unhappy?

Samuel Knight

Labor

Factory Collapse in Bangladesh Exposes Cracks in the System

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Occupy Earth Day; BDS Movement Expands Its Reach; How to Strike for Education

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The 28-Year-Old Who Caught the Excel Error Heard Round the World

The economics student who debunked global austerity explains why he did it.

Bhaskar Sunkara

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Sequester, Our Modern Weapon

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A Cronkite Moment for the War on Terror

Tom Brokaw states the glaring truth about the Boston bombings.

David Sirota

Labor

Obama’s West, Texas Memorial Speech: No Mention of Workplace Safety

Mike Elk

Alt Press Pick of the Week: Pennsylvania Judge Decrees Corporations Aren’t People

Alternative Press Center

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More Blood on the Tracks

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Wal-Mart, Benetton Linked to Collapsed Bangladesh Factory; Death Toll Rises to 250

Osita Nwanevu