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If the Left Doesn’t Channel Populist Resentment, We Know Who Will If the Left Doesn’t Channel Populist Resentment, We Know Who Will

What tone-deaf liberals can’t hear in Rich Men North of Richmond.

Aug 24, 2023 / Erica Etelson

A police armored vehicle patrols an intersection on August 24, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Americans Are More Violent Than Ever, and We Have No One to Blame but Ourselves Americans Are More Violent Than Ever, and We Have No One to Blame but Ourselves

This has been a violent American century—but even less recognized is how our War on Terror helped us to turn on one another.

Aug 24, 2023 / Andrea Mazzarino

We Must Celebrate Black August by Advocating to Close Rikers

We Must Celebrate Black August by Advocating to Close Rikers We Must Celebrate Black August by Advocating to Close Rikers

To honor the legacy of the Black freedom fighters who founded Black August, join the fight to close Rikers.

Aug 23, 2023 / Sade Green

Stolen Art on a Return Trip

Stolen Art on a Return Trip Stolen Art on a Return Trip

Museum collections under scrutiny.

Aug 23, 2023 / OppArt / Kim DeMarco

Why These Leftists Oppose Free Money

Why These Leftists Oppose Free Money Why These Leftists Oppose Free Money

A conversation with Daniel Zamora Vargas and Anton Jäger about why a “basic income” isn't such a progressive welfare idea. 

Aug 23, 2023 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

Jenni Hermoso, Alexia Putellas, and Irene Paredes of the spain women's soccer team pump fists in the air, celebrate after winning the 2023 women's world cup

A Soccer Triumph—Despite the Toxic Men A Soccer Triumph—Despite the Toxic Men

The leaders of Spain’s soccer world possess “sexism matched only by their greed.”

Aug 23, 2023 / Dave Zirin

Ron DeSantis shakes hands with supporters at the conclusion of one of Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds'

Tonight’s GOP Debate Could Put the Final Nail in Ron DeSantis’s Political Coffin Tonight’s GOP Debate Could Put the Final Nail in Ron DeSantis’s Political Coffin

Trump has trashed DeSantis for months. Yet the Florida governor apparently plans to defend Trump in the debate. Dumb move!

Aug 23, 2023 / John Nichols

GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at the Nixon Library on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, in Yorba Linda, CA.

Vivek Ramaswamy’s Edgelord Foreign Policy Vivek Ramaswamy’s Edgelord Foreign Policy

We can see the future of Republicans’ ruling-class geopolitical agenda in his babble… and it sucks.

Aug 23, 2023 / Van Jackson

AOC, maxwell alejandro frost and nydia velásquez meet with boric in santiago a few weeks before the 50th anniversary of the coup

AOC and Democratic Colleagues Learn Lessons From Latin-America’s Resurgent Left AOC and Democratic Colleagues Learn Lessons From Latin-America’s Resurgent Left

A historic delegation of Latino US legislators journeyed into the heart of progressive power in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia.

Aug 22, 2023 / Natalie Alcoba

Bernardo Arévalo celebrates his win

Bernardo Arévalo’s Unexpected Victory Brings Guatemala Another Democratic Spring Bernardo Arévalo’s Unexpected Victory Brings Guatemala Another Democratic Spring

The anti-corruption candidate's stunning upset could mark a new and hopeful era for the country. But only if he is allowed to take power—and to exercise it.

Aug 22, 2023 / Daniel Judt

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