The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Feature

Seattle Port Strike Challenges ‘Independent Contractor’ Lie

Truck drivers in the Puget Sound shut down ports for two weeks—and begin to shift the balance of power.

David Bacon

36,000 Quebec Students Strike Over Tuition Hikes

Allison Kilkenny

Dispatch

Argentina’s Pulp Fiction: Grupo Clarín and Freedom of the Press

A new law aiming to end a media monopoly is condemned by international news outlets.

Julie Turkewitz

Viewpoint

Newt Gingrich’s Vintage Female Problem

He doesn't seem to like older women. They ought to take revenge at the ballot box.

Susan J. Douglas

Labor

Manufacturing Revival a Worthy Goal, but Obama’s Timid Plans Won’t Get Job Done

Roger Bybee

Labor

Senate Democrat: Obama Caused Pension Cut on Federal Workers

Mike Elk

Labor

Berkeley Workers ‘March For Dignity’ After DHS Audit Slashes Steel Plant Workforce

Rose Arrieta

Occupy Continues to Declare Victories

Allison Kilkenny

Culture

A Hipstamatic Moment

Kodak is bankrupt. But we still crave the instant nostalgia that was once the company's hallmark.

Chris Lehmann

Labor

‘There Is Not Enough Work’: Nearly Half of Mexicans Now Officially Poor

Stephen Franklin

What are Women For?

Lindsay Beyerstein

Culture

The Iron Lady’s Mad Shadow

Margaret Thatcher's gut instincts influenced the next generation of politicians, from Blair to Bush.

Jane Miller

The Revolution’s Torturers: Systematic Human Rights Abuses in New Libya

Andrew Bashi

Bit By a Parrot? There’s a Code for That

Lindsay Beyerstein

Are America’s Taxes More Progressive Than Europe’s?

Daniel Hertz

Labor

Workers Tell Wal-Mart: You’re Responsible for Your Scofflaw Contractors

David Moberg

Labor

What Politico’s ‘Wisconsin 1848’ Union Screw-Up Reveals

Mike Elk

Labor

Banana Republic Legacy Thrives in Today’s Latin America

Michelle Chen