Law

US Supreme Court Justices

The Supreme Court Returns to Washington, and Workers Are on the Menu The Supreme Court Returns to Washington, and Workers Are on the Menu

Get ready for more wage theft, more discrimination, and fewer unions.

Oct 3, 2017 / Ian Millhiser

Disarm Hate Gun Protest

Fight Against Gun Violence and Demand More Aid for Puerto Rico Fight Against Gun Violence and Demand More Aid for Puerto Rico

Check out three meaningful actions you can take this week.

Oct 3, 2017 / NationAction

People wait outside the Supreme Court

Will the Supreme Court Prevent Employees From Bringing Workplace Grievances Collectively? Will the Supreme Court Prevent Employees From Bringing Workplace Grievances Collectively?

Many workers are forced into arbitration, so they’ve tried to arbitrate collectively. The case the Supreme Court heard yesterday could put an end to that.

Oct 3, 2017 / Stephanie Russell-Kraft

Teamsters Opioid Protest

Fighting the Opioid Epidemic by Targeting Big Pharma’s Bottom Line Fighting the Opioid Epidemic by Targeting Big Pharma’s Bottom Line

The Teamsters are fighting the profit-driven medical industry that is tearing their communities apart.

Oct 3, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Las Vegas shooting aftermath

The American Impulse to Equate Guns With Freedom and Masculinity With Violence Is Killing Us The American Impulse to Equate Guns With Freedom and Masculinity With Violence Is Killing Us

And Trump is exactly the wrong leader for this reality.

Oct 2, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Protest outside Chase

From Free Lunch to Public Banks, These Cities Are Giving Us Hope From Free Lunch to Public Banks, These Cities Are Giving Us Hope

Dispatches from the Urban Resistance: Alameda to Elyria and beyond.

Sep 29, 2017 / Jimmy Tobias

Trump with a bullhorn

Trump Is Inviting America Into the Torture Chamber Trump Is Inviting America Into the Torture Chamber

Sasha Abramsky on Trump and fear, plus Katha Pollitt and D.D. Guttenplan on Hillary’s memoir.

Sep 28, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Facebook Russiagate

Are Russia’s ‘Friends’ Hiding in Your Facebook Feed? Are Russia’s ‘Friends’ Hiding in Your Facebook Feed?

How Russian trolls tried to organize anti-immigrant rallies, and more.

Sep 27, 2017 / Bob Dreyfuss

VIDEO: We’re DACA Recipients, but We’re Fighting for All Undocumented Immigrants

VIDEO: We’re DACA Recipients, but We’re Fighting for All Undocumented Immigrants VIDEO: We’re DACA Recipients, but We’re Fighting for All Undocumented Immigrants

These young activists aren’t going to stop until the rights of all 11 million undocumented immigrants are protected.

Sep 27, 2017 / Armando Aparicio, David Zlutnick, and Leighton Akio Woodhouse

North Carolina’s Gerrymandering Puts Democracy on the Line

North Carolina’s Gerrymandering Puts Democracy on the Line North Carolina’s Gerrymandering Puts Democracy on the Line

How the GOP uses redistricting to maintain power in a purple state.

Sep 27, 2017 / Feature / Barry Yeoman

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