The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Labor

A 100-Year-Old Idea That Could Transform the Labor Movement

Daniel Gross

Labor

Toxic Leak Cover-Ups; West, Texas Police Accused of Obstruction; Picketers Turn Back Ship

Mike Elk

Feature

Bad Green Jobs

The big launch of a New York bike-share program is marred by wage theft accusations.

Sarah Jaffe

Viewpoint

The Problem Is Capitalism

Only radical reforms will solve neoliberalism's crisis of democracy.

Joseph M. Schwartz and Maria Svart

Labor

Giants Fans Bring Their Own Lunches To Support Concessions Workers’ Strike

George Lavender

Culture

We Need Bats

Don't discount their 'keystone role' in our ecosystem.

Dawn Starin

Activists Are Marching Against Monsanto This Weekend. Here’s Why.

April M. Short, AlterNet

Alt Press Pick of the Week: Fracking Waste—Too Toxic for Toxic Waste Dumps

Alternative Press Center

Labor

Mississippi Lavishes $1.3 Billion in Subsidies on Nissan as Workers Get the Shaft

Roger Bybee

Comics

Inhofe and Coburn Explain their Votes against Disaster Aid

Jeff Danziger

Are You My Daddy?

Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor

Ballpark Workers Ask Giants Fans Not To Cross Picket Lines

George Lavender

Feature

After Oklahoma Disaster, Give Thanks for ‘Big Government’

Government--when working right--is the most powerful and reliable responder to large-scale emergencies.

David Sirota

Feature

Where the Real Danger Lies

Some indisputable consequences of closing 50 Chicago Public Schools.

Marilyn Katz

Chicago Public Housing Residents Sue, Citing Broken Promises

James Reddick

Culture

The Violently Killed Femmes

From Hemlock Grove to Hannibal, TV just can't get enough of dead teenage girls.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Labor

The Axe Falls on 50 Chicago Public Schools

David Moberg

Labor

Top Democrats React to Low-Wage Federal Workers’ Strike

Mike Elk