The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Feature

A Budget by the People, for the People

Participatory budgeting is on the menu in Chicago.

Joel Handley

Labor

Strike Looms as Patriot Coal Walks Out on Negotiations

Mike Elk

Labor

A Dream Deferred for Older Americans Struggling to Find Work

Megan Cottrell

Comics

NSA

Matt Bors

Labor

Despite Bringing the Surveillance State to Work, Bloomberg has Trouble Tracking Overtime

Sarah Jaffe

Another White Republican Man Joins House “Rape Apology Caucus”

Lauren Teixeira

Poll: 3 of 4 Americans Oppose Affirmative Action for College Admission, Universities Disagree

Emma Foehringer Merchant

Labor

Recruitment Abuses Emerge in Immigration Reform Debate

Michelle Chen

Connecticut Poised to Make History By Enacting “Homeless Bill of Rights”

Lauren Teixeira

Video

Is Hugh Jackman a Walmart Puppet?

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Feature

New Visions from the New Left

Gar Alperovitz and Staughton Lynd have blueprints for an ‘America beyond capitalism.’

David Moberg

Viewpoint

GOP: Masters of Media

As the GOP slashes the social safety net, the party seizes on 'scandals' to distract the public.

Susan J. Douglas

Feature

Bankruptcy Scheme Shafts Coal Miners

Patriot Coal wins in bankruptcy court, reneges on retiree benefits.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Labor

Snowden Leak Highlights Few Whistleblower Protections for Intelligence Contract Employees

Mike Elk

Feature

To Frack or Not to Frack in Illinois

New legislation that will regulate fracking in the state has divided environmentalists.

Marla Donato and students of DePaul University

Feature

Food Stamps on the Chopping Block

Washington's attack on the poor continues as the Senate votes for big cuts to food aid.

Cole Stangler

Occupy Gezi Movement Gains Backing From Striking Workers

Samantha Winslow

Dispatch

‘The Colorado Model’

Voting just got easier in Colorado.

Theo Anderson