The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Viewpoint

FCC: Fronting For Corporations?

Business is cheering Obama's nominee. That's bad news if you like your media diverse and your Internet free.

Joel Bleifuss

Feature

The Military’s 40-Year Experiment

How the end of the draft made way for an 'era of persistent conflict.'

David Sirota

Labor

In Wake of West, Texas Explosion, Safety Advocates Recommend Harsher Fines

Mike Elk

Feature

A New Era for Worker Ownership, 5 Years in the Making

The New Era Windows Cooperative opens its doors (and windows) for business.

Kari Lydersen

Comics

Sanford Wins South Carolina

Jeff Danziger

Feature

Robert Redford Doesn’t Know Which Way the Wind’s Blowing

Redford's 'political' film about '60s radicals, The Company You Keep, is anything but.

Michael Atkinson

Labor

Columbia College Chicago’s Adjunct Faculty Poised to Strike

Kari Lydersen

Comics

Bush’s Legacy

Eric Garcia

Alt Press Pick of the Week: Stop-and-Frisk Is a Tactic to Control Minorities, Admit Police

Alternative Press Center

Labor

In Another Blow to NLRB, Court Says Bosses Don’t Have To Notify Workers of Rights

Moshe Z. Marvit

40-Day Strike Ends in Victory for Dockworkers

Ellen David Friedman

Labor

New CPS Board Member Vows Not To Rubber Stamp School Closings

Matthew Blake

Dispatch

Frack Corporate Personhood

A Pennsylvania judge has drawn a hard line against so-called corporate 'persons.'

Anthony Mangini

Feature

How Breaking News Broke in Boston

The media continues to come up short, precisely when it matters most.

Susan J. Douglas

Feature

Harold Washington and the Elephant in the Room

An untold tale of taking on the issue of race during the '83 campaign.

Marilyn Katz and Bill Zimmerman

Facebook’s Zuckerberg Under Fire for Pro-Drilling Advocacy

Anthony Mangini

Video

Who is America’s Largest Low Wage Job Creator?

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Labor

Obama Aims Budget Torpedo at Merchant Mariner Unions

Bruce Vail