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The Verizon Strike Is a Reminder That Improving Workers’ Lives Will Always Require Workplace Action
This piece first appeared at Jacobin. On Tuesday, news broke that Verizon would ...; more
By Elizabeth Mahony
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The Rising American Student Movement Is Part of a Battle for the Soul of Higher Education
Keep an eye on college campuses. The battles fought there are going to matter for the wider world tomorrow. more
By Aviva Chomsky
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Progressive Nonprofits That Oppose the New Overtime Rules for Low-Income Workers Are Hypocrites
Last week, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Labor Tom Perez revealed the final... more
By Ethan Miller
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Life After Coal in Harlan County, U.S.A.
Kentucky's lifeblood is drying up. more
By Jeff Kelly Lowenstein
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The Verizon Strike Is Not Just About Wages. It Is About Power and Domination Over Workers.
This piece first appeared at Jacobin. Bruce* has worked construction for Verizon for nearly... more
By Alex Gourevitch
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One of the Inventors of Superdelegates Explains Why They Were Created: To Stop ‘Outlier Candidates’
A member of the 1982 commission explains why they created superdelegates and what they hoped to prevent. more
By Branko Marcetic
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Norman Finkelstein’s ‘The Holocaust Industry’ and the Fight To Make All Suffering Count
Finkelstein's book is a call for Jewish suffering to be seen as part of the larger history of suffering under colonialism. more
By Max Ajl
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This New Rule Will Make Information About On-the-Job Injuries at Dangerous Workplaces Public
More than 3 million U.S. workers suffer a workplace injury or illness every year, according... more
By Elizabeth Grossman
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How to Make the Democratic Nominating Process Actually Democratic
A Sanders campaign advisor lays out 3 proposals. more
By Larry Cohen
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Politics
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The Political Revolution Will Continue Long After Bernie Sanders’ Campaign. Here’s How.
Grassroots plans to harness Bernie's momentum—and, if he agrees, his voter lists. more
By Ethan Corey
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Life After Coal in Harlan County, U.S.A.
Kentucky's lifeblood is drying up. more
By Jeff Kelly Lowenstein
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How to Make the Democratic Nominating Process Actually Democratic
A Sanders campaign advisor lays out 3 proposals. more
By Larry Cohen
Labor
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Life After Coal in Harlan County, U.S.A.
Kentucky's lifeblood is drying up. more
By Jeff Kelly Lowenstein
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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
Culture
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The Ship Breakers
Working the maritime graveyard shift more
By Peter Wieben
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Norman Finkelstein’s ‘The Holocaust Industry’ and the Fight To Make All Suffering Count
Finkelstein's book is a call for Jewish suffering to be seen as part of the larger history of suffering under colonialism. more
By Max Ajl
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Jane Austen, Class Warrior
Most Austen adaptations are little more than 'buttoned-up, tea-drinking porn.' But Whit Stillman's new film 'Love & Friendship' foregrounds Austen's sharp observations on social mobility. more
By Eileen Jones
The Movement
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The Rising American Student Movement Is Part of a Battle for the Soul of Higher Education
Keep an eye on college campuses. The battles fought there are going to matter for the wider world tomorrow. more
By Aviva Chomsky
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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
