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Thanks to #BlackLivesMatter, Prosecutors Who Bungle Police Shooting Cases Face Tough Election Fights
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By Jennifer Ball
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New Report: 90 Percent of the World’s Domestic Workers Lack Social Security Protection
Ninety percent—or 60 million of the world’s estimated 67 million domestic workers, some 80... more
By Elizabeth Grossman
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After Contract Talks Break Down, Nearly 40,000 Verizon Workers Set To Strike Tomorrow
Leaders of the unions representing nearly 40,000 Verizon telecommunications workers in big cities and small towns... more
By David Moberg
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How Bernie Sanders Can Harness the Kind of Momentum Transforming British Politics
British activists could offer lessons for Americans who are feeling the Bern about how to transition from a political campaign to a long-term, mass movement. more
By Kate Aronoff
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The Paradox of Bernie Sanders and the Black Voter
Despite Sanders' historic election, we still don’t seem any closer to resolving the rancorous intra-left debates about race and class. more
By Salim Muwakkil
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From Broad City to the Era of the Single, Independent Woman: Female Solidarity Has Gone Mainstream
Amy Schumer, Samantha Bee and Rebecca Traister herald a new epoch of female independence. more
By Susan J. Douglas
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To Reform the Police, We Have To Expand Democratic Power Over Them
Technocratic tinkering will not solve the American problem of police brutality and community distrust of law enforcement. more
By Ben Rosenfield
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Understanding What Makes Donald Trump Voters Tick: Is It Just Racism?
In Trump's appeal, the Left seeks clues on winning back the white working-class. more
By Ian Haney López and Matt Morrison
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Speaking to High Schoolers About the Truth of War Helped Me Deal with My Trauma from Being a Soldier
If a teenager is going to sign up to kill and die for a cause or even the promise of a better life, then the least he or she should know is the good, the bad and the ugly about the job. more
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Politics
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State Sen. Nina Turner on Why Black Voters Should Support Bernie—But Not Stop There
The Cleveland native and rising political star switched her support from Clinton to Sanders more
By Benjamin Dixon
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Thanks to #BlackLivesMatter, Prosecutors Who Bungle Police Shooting Cases Face Tough Election Fights
While recognizing the limits of electoral politics, the movement has ousted two prosecutors--Anita Alvarez and Tim McGinty--and has more in its sights more
By Jennifer Ball
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Understanding What Makes Donald Trump Voters Tick: Is It Just Racism?
In Trump's appeal, the Left seeks clues on winning back the white working-class. more
By Ian Haney López and Matt Morrison
Labor
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When the Steel Mill Gets Replaced by a GOP Megadonor’s Casino
A new book analyzes the demise of Bethlehem Steel and the rise of a casino in post-industrial Pennsylvania. more
By Catherine Tumber
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The Racist Agenda Behind the Now-Dead ‘Friedrichs’ Supreme Court Case
A negative ruling would have led to a closing of the on-ramp to the middle class for women and people of color. more
By Naomi Walker
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These New Co-op Apps Show How to Build Worker Power In the Age of Uber
In the apps of the "platform cooperativism" movement, workers share in the profits more
By Tom Ladendorf
Culture
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From Broad City to the Era of the Single, Independent Woman: Female Solidarity Has Gone Mainstream
Amy Schumer, Samantha Bee and Rebecca Traister herald a new epoch of female independence. more
By Susan J. Douglas
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Ta-Nehisi Coates’ New Comic Book ‘Black Panther #1’ Is ‘Black as Hell’
Comic book readers, writers and artists of color have long been excluded from the comic book world. That appears to be changing. more
By Darryl Holliday
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Prime Minister David Cameron Is Right; the U.K. Should Stay in the EU
But its half-hearted participation must go. more
By Jane Miller
The Movement
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Thanks to #BlackLivesMatter, Prosecutors Who Bungle Police Shooting Cases Face Tough Election Fights
While recognizing the limits of electoral politics, the movement has ousted two prosecutors--Anita Alvarez and Tim McGinty--and has more in its sights more
By Jennifer Ball
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To Reform the Police, We Have To Expand Democratic Power Over Them
Technocratic tinkering will not solve the American problem of police brutality and community distrust of law enforcement. more
By Ben Rosenfield
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In No Uncertain Terms, U.N. Calls Out U.S. for Lack of Reparations to African-Americans
40 acres and a mule won't cut it more
By Salim Muwakkil