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Andy Beshear delivers his victory speech to a crowd at an election night event at Old Forrester’s Paristown Hall on November 7, 2023, in Louisville, Ky.

Democrats Are Supposed to Be in Trouble. Tell That to Andy Beshear. Democrats Are Supposed to Be in Trouble. Tell That to Andy Beshear.

Kentucky’s pro-choice, pro-union governor just beat the combined power of Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and the Republican money machine.

Nov 8, 2023 / John Nichols

Pickets march between rows of watchful police during the biggest demonstration yet staged by the Conference of Studio Unions, at Columbia Studios, on October 26, 1946.

The Long, Wild, Bloody History of the Hollywood Strike The Long, Wild, Bloody History of the Hollywood Strike

Today’s strikes are part of a nearly century-long tradition within the entertainment industry.

Nov 8, 2023 / Chris Randle

A low-light photo of people in a hotel ballroom, under a chandelier, with faces of anticipation and excitement.

Election Night’s Biggest Loser: Glenn Youngkin Election Night’s Biggest Loser: Glenn Youngkin

The Virginia governor put himself on the ballot, trying to curb abortion rights, gun safety, and educational freedom. He lost badly.

Nov 8, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Jewish Voices for Peace: Cease-Fire

Jewish Voices for Peace: Cease-Fire Jewish Voices for Peace: Cease-Fire

Jewish Voices for Peace organized a massive protest in Grand Central Terminal on October 26, calling for a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Gaza. Police arrested over 300 n...

Nov 8, 2023 / OppArt / George de Castro-Day

Relatives of the victims of the atomic bomb offer flowers at Hiroshima Memorial Cenotaph to mark the 70th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 2015.

Dehumanization Is at the Heart of Endless War Dehumanization Is at the Heart of Endless War

We don’t have to accept psychic numbing or endless violence as the only possible responses to our broken world.

Nov 8, 2023 / Kelly Denton-Borhaug

A New York City apartment building.

A Modern-Day Fable for the Tenant Class A Modern-Day Fable for the Tenant Class

Hilary Leichter’s fiction examines contemporary crises like work and inequality through the lens of magical realism. Her latest novel, Terrace Story, is a parable about the family...

Nov 8, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Grace Byron

Activists from Jewish Voice for Peace occupy the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty on November 6, 2023, in New York City.

What It’s Like to Take Over the Statue of Liberty What It’s Like to Take Over the Statue of Liberty

Hundreds of Jewish Voice for Peace members calling for a Gaza cease-fire occupied the pedestal of the statue. This is how it happened.

Nov 7, 2023 / Sophie Hurwitz

Tragic Prelude…

Tragic Prelude… Tragic Prelude…

To the next election.

Nov 7, 2023 / OppArt / Jos Sances

Thousands of people supporting Palestinian rights and demanding a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip as well an end to American aid to Israel protest on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington on Saturday, November 4, 2023.

As We Marched on Washington, I Felt Certain That Palestine Would Be Free As We Marched on Washington, I Felt Certain That Palestine Would Be Free

Saturday’s demonstration made it clear: We Palestinians are not fighting for our liberation on our own.

Nov 7, 2023 / Ahmad Ibsais

Mississippi Democratic gubernatorial candidate Brandon Presley speaks to reporters during a campaign stop on November 6, 2023 in Jackson, Mississippi.

Can Elvis Presley’s Cousin Beat America's Most Scandal-Plagued Governor? Can Elvis Presley’s Cousin Beat America's Most Scandal-Plagued Governor?

Politics / November 7, 2023 Can Elvis Presley’s Cousin Beat America’s Most Scandal-Plagued Governor? Tuesday’s elections will decide a lot of questions, including whether…

Nov 7, 2023 / John Nichols

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