The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Dispatch

After Getting Burned By Wall Street, California Fire Victims Fight To Reclaim Their Power

California utility company PG&E has settled, but many fire victims are still waiting to see their full payout.

Jordan Allyn

Labor

Buffalo Starbucks Workers Waited 6 Months Before the NLRB Finally Filed a Complaint Against the Company

These Starbucks workers were the first to unionize—but labor law went unenforced during their elections.

Maxwell Parrott

Feature

How the Child Welfare System Is Silently Destroying Black Families

A single call from an anonymous tipster is all it takes for the government to take children from their families

Dorothy Roberts

Viewpoint

If Banks Want to Be Seen as Climate-Friendly, They Need to Exit Fossil Fuels

The climate movement is stepping up pressure on banks to stop the flow of cash to the oil and gas industry.

Arielle Swernoff

LaborFeature

These Are The Workers Who Took on Amazon, and Won

Against all odds, Amazon workers in New York organized a successful union against one of the biggest companies in the world. Here's how.

Luis Feliz Leon

Overturning Roe Will Be an Economic Catastrophe for Millions of Women

Abortion rights are economic rights.

Asha Banerjee

Culture

HBO's DMZ Fails to Invent a Truly Revolutionary Society

The miniseries stars Rosario Dawson in a depoliticized dystopia

Devyn Springer

Viewpoint

America Has Embraced Forced Pregnancy

Nine months of physical and hormonal trauma to your body—with permanent and sometimes lethal consequences—is no longer your choice.

Miriam Markowitz

Rural America

The Radical Immigrant Farmers Who Helped Defeat the Robber Barons

Beginning in the 1840s, revolutionary German immigrants introduced agrarian radicalism to Texas and shaped the U.S. tradition of rural socialism

Thomas Alter II

During the Pandemic, Poor Areas Have Had Twice the Death Rates of Rich Ones

A new report shows the U.S. response to the Covid pandemic has been defined by inequity—and poor and low-income communities are bearing the fatal cost.

Shailly Gupta Barnes and Jim Pugh

Overcoming an Onslaught of Dark Money Attacks, Progressive Summer Lee Wins a Historic Victory

The Pennsylvania representative faced down millions of dollars in negative ads from pro-Israel groups and took on the Democratic establishment by running on a bold left agenda.

Nick Vachon

LaborViewpoint

The Amazon Labor Union Victory Shows That Jurisdiction Is Dead

No more arguing over territory or industries—we need multi-union coalitions capable of organizing on a national scale.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

How the Construction Industry Preys on Workers Newly Released From Prison

They're required to work as a condition of release from prison. Then the construction industry targets them for exploitation.

Katie Jane Fernelius

Feature

At Global Covid-19 Summit, Biden's Silence on Pharmaceutical Monopolies Speaks Volumes

The White House appears to have no plans to break Big Pharma's stranglehold on intellectual property for Covid-19 vaccines and treatments.

Sarah Lazare

Viewpoint

The Rip-Off Economy Will Save Itself. It Won't Save You.

Squandering our national moment of opportunity at capitalism's casino.

Hamilton Nolan

Labor

Rapid Grocery Delivery Service Buyk Accused of Wage Theft by Former Workers

Before the Russian-funded delivery startup collapsed, Buyk sold itself as a way for workers to escape the gig economy. Former workers say it failed to deliver.

Amir Khafagy

Rural America

“It Tears You Apart Mentally and Physically”: The Health Crisis Afflicting Black Farmers

Farming is a stressful occupation. Black farmers face the additional burdens of racism, debt and fear of displacement.

Safiya Charles

Labor

50 Years of Class War in Wisconsin

A conversation with veteran educators and organizers Frank Emspak and Adrienne Pagac about the conditions that paved the way for the Wisconsin Uprising.

Maximillian Alvarez