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‘If Not Now, When?’ Behind the Growing Push for a Black Woman VP Nominee.

‘If Not Now, When?’ Behind the Growing Push for a Black Woman VP Nominee. ‘If Not Now, When?’ Behind the Growing Push for a Black Woman VP Nominee.

Acknowledged as the “backbone” of the Democratic Party, black women want to be recognized as national leaders, too.

May 1, 2020 / Joan Walsh

Greek protesters during a May Day demonstration

Celebrating May Day Starts by Taking Workers Seriously Celebrating May Day Starts by Taking Workers Seriously

Here in the United States, workers need a lot more than another holiday.

May 1, 2020 / Jane McAlevey

Big Philanthropy Faces a Reckoning, Too

Big Philanthropy Faces a Reckoning, Too Big Philanthropy Faces a Reckoning, Too

It’s time to challenge philanthropists and their foundations to open up their grant-making decisions to those who’ve been marginalized.

Apr 30, 2020 / Gara LaMarche

Bill McKibben Speaks.

Conversations With ‘The Nation’: Bill McKibben Conversations With ‘The Nation’: Bill McKibben

The award-winning author and environmental activist and Nation editor D.D. Guttenplan for our weekly virtual series.

Apr 30, 2020 / The Nation

Michael Moore

Meet the New Flack for Oil and Gas: Michael Moore Meet the New Flack for Oil and Gas: Michael Moore

Planet of the Humans is wildly unscientific, outdated, full of falsehoods, and benefits fossil fuel industry promoters and climate deniers.

Apr 30, 2020 / Josh Fox

If Woody Guthrie Were Singing Now About the Postal Service

If Woody Guthrie Were Singing Now About the Postal Service If Woody Guthrie Were Singing Now About the Postal Service

I think he’d chime in on Joe Troop’s “A Plea to the US Government to Fully Fund the Postal Service.”

Apr 30, 2020 / John Nichols

Where I Live, the Pandemic Can Feel Remote

Where I Live, the Pandemic Can Feel Remote Where I Live, the Pandemic Can Feel Remote

In a rural village in upstate New York, our hospital laid off staff because there’s not enough for them to do.

Apr 30, 2020 / Karen Rothmyer

Protect Victims of Domestic Violence During and After the Pandemic

Protect Victims of Domestic Violence During and After the Pandemic Protect Victims of Domestic Violence During and After the Pandemic

Domestic and sexual violence increases exponentially as a consequence of the pandemic.

Apr 30, 2020 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

The Men Pushing to Open the Economy Clearly Don’t Need Child Care

The Men Pushing to Open the Economy Clearly Don’t Need Child Care The Men Pushing to Open the Economy Clearly Don’t Need Child Care

There’s no way to send people back to work without providing safe, affordable child care, but the men in charge don’t seem to care.

Apr 30, 2020 / Elie Mystal

A Hilarious Critique of Cosmopolitanism, Conceptual Art, and All Things Bourgeois

A Hilarious Critique of Cosmopolitanism, Conceptual Art, and All Things Bourgeois A Hilarious Critique of Cosmopolitanism, Conceptual Art, and All Things Bourgeois

In María Sonia Cristoff’s Include Me Out, a member of the global elite leaves behind her life for small town anonymity.

Apr 30, 2020 / Kyle Paoletta

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