The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

The Ice-Pick-Wielding-Hippie Defense

Lindsay Beyerstein

Culture

Will the Real Betty Draper Please Stand Up?

In Mad Men's new season, we need the slap-in-the-face Betty back.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Labor

NYC Fast Food Workers Super-Size Their Struggle

Peter Rugh

Feature

‘Illegal’ Is a Racial Slur

Why the AP's decision to drop 'illegal immigrant' is a victory against bigotry.

David Sirota

Why Daniel McGowan is Back in Prison; Students Protesters Evicted; Drop the I-Word Victory

Ben Lorber

Palestinian Resistance Gets a Makeover

Creede Newton

Comics

Arm the Teachers?

Jeff Danziger

Viewpoint

The GOP’s Cuban Conundrum

As they begin to lose their Cuban-American base, Republicans start seeing faults in a Cold War-era immigration policy.

Achy Obejas

Labor

A New Door for Guestworkers?

Michelle Chen

Feature

The Need to Cheat

Atlanta Public Schools might be guilty of cheating, but the real scandal is standardized testing.

Bill Ayers

Feature

How Capitalism Conquered the Internet

And how we can take it back.

Robert McChesney

10 Signs of a Growing Uprising Against Killer Drones

Medea Benjamin and Noor Mir, AlterNet

Comics

Republicans Evolving

Jeff Danziger

Feature

The GOP’s Big Yellow Taxi Syndrome

Now that sequester cuts have kicked in, Republicans are realizing they've paved paradise.

Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President

Feature

For Unionists, Iraq’s Oil War Rages On

The leader of Iraq’s oil union is being threatened with prison--again.

David Bacon

Labor

War, Fascism and General Electric

Moshe Z. Marvit

Alt Press Pick of the Week: Media Gets a Grade of ‘Fail’ on the Fiscal Cliff

Alternative Press Center

Comics

Obamacare Blocked

Jeff Danziger