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Labor
How a ‘Right to Your Job’ Law Could Help Unions Fight Back Against ‘Right to Work’
Shaun Richman
Feature
Slavoj Zizek: In the Wake of Paris Attacks the Left Must Embrace Its Radical Western Roots
Zizek responds to his critics on the refugee crisis.
Slavoj Žižek
Viewpoint
The Paris Attacks Can’t Be Used To Limit Refugees or Blindly Bomb More Civilians
Our response to such unspeakable tragedies can't be to create even more tragedies in other countries.
Gregory Shupak
Feature
Amherst College Students Are Occupying Their Library Right Now Over Racial Justice Demands
The students join what appears to be a growing wave of student activism around racism at universities around the country.
Marc Daalder
Viewpoint
What a Good Moderator Will Ask Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in the Next Democratic Debate
Two issues that haven't received nearly enough attention.
Joe Conason
Labor
Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley Back New IKEA Union Organizing Drive
Bruce Vail
Labor
The Right’s Anti-Minimum Wage Arguments Have Pretty Much Stayed the Same for 80 Years
Branko Marcetic
Feature
Meet the Green Chemist Who Is Out To Make Chemicals Less Toxic for Humans and the Environment
John Warner brings us Green Chemistry, challenging chemists' toxicology standards.
Valerie Brown
Feature
Hey Girl. Ryan Gosling Wants You to Watch This Video of Bernie Sanders Denouncing Racism.
The Hollywood star is asking followers to share a video of the presidential hopeful denouncing racism as a tool to divide and conquer ordinary Americans.
Branko Marcetic
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