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Uber and the Taxi Industry’s Last Stand

Uber and the Taxi Industry’s Last Stand Uber and the Taxi Industry’s Last Stand

What the rise of the app-based cab service says about the future of work in America

Jan 27, 2015 / Feature / Jon Liss

We’ll Need an Economic Program to Make #BlackLivesMatter. Here Are Three Ideas.

We’ll Need an Economic Program to Make #BlackLivesMatter. Here Are Three Ideas. We’ll Need an Economic Program to Make #BlackLivesMatter. Here Are Three Ideas.

In a country that has always used race to justify inequality, ending police brutality is just the start.

Jan 7, 2015 / Feature / Jesse A. Myerson and Mychal Denzel Smith

The CIA’s Secret Sites in Somalia

The CIA’s Secret Sites in Somalia The CIA’s Secret Sites in Somalia

Renditions, an underground prison and a new CIA base are elements of an intensifying US war, according to a Nation investigation in Mogadishu.

Dec 10, 2014 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

A member of the St. Louis County Police Department points his weapon in the direction of a group of protesters in Ferguson, MO.

After #Ferguson After #Ferguson

The protests that followed the police shooting of Michael Brown created a network of youth in revolt.

Oct 8, 2014 / Steven Hsieh and Raven Rakia

How Trayvon Martin’s Death Launched a New Generation of Black Activism

How Trayvon Martin’s Death Launched a New Generation of Black Activism How Trayvon Martin’s Death Launched a New Generation of Black Activism

A host of new groups are reviving the grassroots fight for racial equality.

Aug 27, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith

The New Abolitionism

The New Abolitionism The New Abolitionism

Averting planetary disaster will mean forcing fossil fuel companies to give up at least $10 trillion in wealth.

Apr 22, 2014 / Feature / Chris Hayes

Feminism’s Toxic Twitter Wars

Feminism’s Toxic Twitter Wars Feminism’s Toxic Twitter Wars

Empowered by social media, feminists are calling one another out for ideological offenses. Is it good for the movement? And whose movement is it?

Jan 29, 2014 / Feature / Michelle Goldberg

The Workers Who Bring You Black Friday

The Workers Who Bring You Black Friday The Workers Who Bring You Black Friday

My life as a temp in California’s Inland Empire, the belly of the online shopping beast.

Nov 26, 2013 / Feature / Gabriel Thompson

Why Are Children Working in American Tobacco Fields?

Why Are Children Working in American Tobacco Fields? Why Are Children Working in American Tobacco Fields?

Young farm workers are falling ill from “green tobacco sickness” while the industry denies it and government lets it happen.

Nov 12, 2013 / Feature / Gabriel Thompson

America’s Afghan Victims

America’s Afghan Victims America’s Afghan Victims

Even among staunchly antiwar politicians and pundits, few bother to mention the cost of the war to civilians.

Sep 18, 2013 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss and Nick Turse

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