The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Labor
U.S. Labor Law an Irrelevant ‘Anachronism,’ Says Prominent Harvard Economist
Akito Yoshikane
Weekly Pulse: The Coming War on Health Reform and Government Cheese
Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor
For Ground Zero Workers, Fair Settlement May Be Around the Corner
Michelle Chen

Feature
A New Blueprint for Change
A revived progressive program must be built year-round, at the local level.
Amy Dean

Feature
What We Lost After We Won in 2008
An anti-war activist explains what the Democratic establishment fails to understand.
Marilyn Katz
Video
Wage Theft: The Crime Wave No One Talks About
Jeremy Gantz

Interview
Justin Krebs
Justin Krebs

Viewpoint
‘Damn Right’: Bush Boasts About Waterboarding
Ray McGovern

Labor
The Voters’ Message: Manufacture a Solution
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
The Mendacious Mavens of the Middle
Pete Karman
Weekly Audit: Banks Get Big Bucks, Consumers Get Bupkis
Lindsay Beyerstein
Labor
Obama’s India Trip Aimed at CEOs, Not U.S. Workers
Roger Bybee
Labor
Making it Explicit: Condoms, Porn and Cal/OSHA (Part II)
Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor
Some Good Election News: Thousands of Airline Workers Unionize
Mike Elk
Comics
NBC-interrupts-its-usual-programming
August Pollak

Labor
Fair Trade Policies and Positions Paid Off in Midterm Elections
Kari Lydersen

Culture
Reading Gandhi in Budrus
A new documentary illuminates the power of nonviolent protest in a Palestinian village opposing the West Bank barrier.
Michael Atkinson
Viewpoint
From Uprising to Hostile Takeover…and Back Again
David Sirota
