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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks to reporters at a press conference on government funding in the U.S. Capitol on September 29, 2023.

Democrats Can Win Big in 2024. But They Have to Fight for It. Democrats Can Win Big in 2024. But They Have to Fight for It.

Republican chaos may help Democrats some in 2024. But if they want to win, they really need to help themselves.

Oct 12, 2023 / John Nichols for The Nation

Israeli soldier at border near Gaza

The Catastrophe of October 7. Why Did It Happen? The Catastrophe of October 7. Why Did It Happen?

Where do we go from here?

Oct 12, 2023 / Hillel Schenker

family, two adults and a baby, marching in climate strike new york city

Lefty Groups Making It Possible for Families to Do Politics Lefty Groups Making It Possible for Families to Do Politics

From Comrades with Kids to Red Sprouts, millennials find new ways of support.

Oct 12, 2023 / Raina Lipsitz

Demonstrators gather to show their solidarity with Palestine despite Austrian Police prohibiting the gathering on October 11, 2023, in Vienna, Austria.

Things In Palestine May Never Be the Same Again Things In Palestine May Never Be the Same Again

The conflict has shattered many myths about Israel's invincibility—and shown once more that the only lasting solution is true equality for all.

Oct 12, 2023 / Saree Makdisi

Chief Medical Examiner of Webb County, Dr. Corinne Stern’s autopsy assistant moves the body of an unidentified migrant to the autopsy room in Laredo, Tex., on October 12, 2022.

When There’s No One to Attend to the Dead When There’s No One to Attend to the Dead

How one small change to Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure created a cascade of problems for the state’s capacity to investigate death.

Oct 12, 2023 / Caroline Tracey

Pope Francis presides with the College of Cardinals for the opening of the General Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on October 4, 2023, in Vatican City.

The Pope Wants Us to Talk About Sexuality and Climate Change The Pope Wants Us to Talk About Sexuality and Climate Change

In his new text and recently convened synod, he’s encouraging dialogue. It’s going to take a lot of work.

Oct 11, 2023 / Michael F. Pettinger

Hamas’s Shock Attack Should Spark Our Horror—and Our Questions

Hamas’s Shock Attack Should Spark Our Horror—and Our Questions Hamas’s Shock Attack Should Spark Our Horror—and Our Questions

This appalling violence emerged within a context, and we need to understand that context in order to achieve peace.

Oct 11, 2023 / Haggai Matar

The USPS Is Falsifying Safety Documents as Its Workers Die of Heat

The USPS Is Falsifying Safety Documents as Its Workers Die of Heat The USPS Is Falsifying Safety Documents as Its Workers Die of Heat

Even after a mail carrier’s recent death, the company continues to violate its own rules.

Oct 11, 2023 / Josephine Lee

Cluster Bombs and Children

Cluster Bombs and Children Cluster Bombs and Children

Weapons that live on to destroy.

Oct 11, 2023 / OppArt / Sue Coe

Donald Trump in 2016

It’s No Mystery Why Racists Have Fallen in Love With Trump’s Republican Party It’s No Mystery Why Racists Have Fallen in Love With Trump’s Republican Party

The KKK did not choose to support Donald Trump because he was a Republican—but because they agreed with the ideas that he and other far-right politicians spout.

Oct 11, 2023 / Clarence Lusane

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