The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Dispatch
After Fukushima, New Fears in U.S.
Japan's catastrophe has raised new safety concerns about the proposed AP1000 nuclear reactor.
John Raymond
Viewpoint
The Terrorist Threat We’re Ignoring
David Sirota

Labor
Kaiser Election Results KOed: Judge Orders Rematch Between SEIU and NUHW
Steve Early

Labor
How Murdoch’s Empire Suffocates the Craft of Journalism
Michelle Chen
The ‘New Landscape in Journalism’: A Response From The Media Consortium
The Media Consortium
Labor
Chicago Unions Resist Mayor Emanuel’s ‘Threat’
David Moberg

Labor
Pro-Business Rat Attends NLRB Hearing on Proposed Union Election Rule
Mike Elk

Labor
Unions Continue Pushback Against Split Telecom Workforce
Akito Yoshikane

Feature
Black Chicago Divided
Class and generational conflicts intensify, as
African Americans cope with the Great Recession.
Salim Muwakkil
Labor
States Can’t Win the Endless ‘Business Climate’ Game
Roger Bybee
France’s Bastille Day Military March Sparks Another Controversy
Cole Stangler
Labor
Through Union Allies, Fiji’s Labor Troubles Ripple Across the Pacific
Michelle Chen
Viewpoint
Arizona Burning
Jim Harkin
Labor
Longshoremen Get Old-School With Trespassing and Train Blockage
Mike Elk
Pitchfork’s ‘Odd Future’ Controversy Dissipates, and Disappoints
Meher Ahmad
Comics
chiquitaterrorista
Eric Garcia

Labor
Chicago Ballet Labor Struggle Takes Center Stage
Kari Lydersen

Dispatch
GOP Breaks
Tea Party Lines
Will the Republican Party gerrymander freshman insurgents into submission?
Edward Graham
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
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