The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

Labor
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Labor
Fewer Workers, Bigger Profits—and Endless Recession?
Roger Bybee
Comics
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Weekly Audit: Why Are Unemployment Benefits A Major Political Fight?
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Viewpoint
U.S. Nuclear Plants: Old and Incontinent
Terry J. Allen

Labor
Ask Cambodian Workers: What Good Has ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ Done?
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Labor
These Stains Do Not Wash Away: An Immigrant’s Tale
Stephen Franklin

Labor
Iraqi Electricity Union Offices Raided Under Minister’s Draconian Decree
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Feature
What We Can Learn: An Excerpt from Were You Born on the Wrong Continent?
How Europe builds better products for better lives.
Thomas Geoghegan

Labor
‘Small Government’ Facade Falls in Milwaukee, Revealing Split-Level Reality
Roger Bybee
Comics
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Labor
Around Country, UNITE-HERE Actions Take on Hotel Giant
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Labor
Chicago Teachers Laid Off in Droves
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Weekly Mulch: How Reid’s Energy Bill Undermines Senate Climate Efforts
Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger

Labor
Hundreds Sit Down in Chicago To Send Hyatt A Message
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Culture
Agora Phobia
A new film about ancient religious conflict resonates, but fails at the box office.
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Feature
Emmylou and the EPA Take on Big Coal
Tough new standards may save Appalachia’s mountaintops.
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Labor
Should BP CEO Tony Hayward Go to Prison?
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