The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Viewpoint

Who’s Afraid of Homophobia?

The Associated Press's decision to favor 'anti-gay' over 'homophobic' isn't as bad as some say.

Achy Obejas

Feature

The Death Blow for British Coal

New revelations have surfaced about police brutality in Thatcher's 1984 battle with miners.

Kari Lydersen

Feature

A Child’s Christmas in Dalat

The author remembers his first Christmas, in 1969 Vietnam.

Andrew Lam

Culture

Scroungers and Strivers

We are encouraged to sneer at poverty and hardship.

Jane Miller

Feature

An Open Letter to Professor Noam Chomsky

What 'Gaza Under Assault' got wrong.

Bianca Ambrosio

Feature

The GOP’s 1 Trillion Dollar Lie

How a right-wing whopper about the cost of welfare was born.

Joshua Holland, AlterNet

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The War on Trafficking

Will California's crackdown do more harm than good?

Rebecca Burns

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Sore Losers

How bitter Republicans and their backers rammed through a union-destroying bill in Michigan.

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

Labor

Flammable Material: How Garment Workers Can Respond to the Tazreen Factory Fire

Michelle Chen

Vital Signs: Power to the People After Sandy; Occupy Boehner’s Stocking

Ben Lorber

Labor

What’s Next for Michigan Unions?

Bruce Vail

Labor

Illinois Coal Bankruptcy: Good News for Environment, Bad News for Workers

Kari Lydersen

One Month into Hunger Strike, Injured Colombian Worker Says He Won’t Stop Until GM Negotiates

Rebecca Burns

Culture

Twilight of the Twi-Hards

The triumph of Team Katniss.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Solidarity After Sandy

Occupy steps up where traditional disaster relief fails.

Eric Murphy

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Football Coaches vs. the Common Good

Why doesn't the GOP gripe about our taxes going to multi-million-dollar coaches' salaries?

David Sirota

Karen Lewis Keeps the Haters at Bay

Sarah Cobarrubias

Standing Up for Chicago’s Public School Students

Ian Lopez