The Undocumented Can Work Jobs at the University of California, and Latinas Are Fighting Toxic Pollution The Undocumented Can Work Jobs at the University of California, and Latinas Are Fighting Toxic Pollution
On this week's episode of Start Making Sense, UCLA law professor Ahilan Arulanantham and writer Eliza Moreno join the show.
Nov 23, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
Brittney Griner’s Jail Conditions Speak to the Urgency of Bringing Her Home Brittney Griner’s Jail Conditions Speak to the Urgency of Bringing Her Home
If the US doesn’t bring her back, the basketball star’s nine-year prison sentence in Russia’s “land of prisons” will likely be brutal.
Nov 23, 2022 / Dave Zirin
In a Historic Move, Frontline Communities Will Be Compensated for Climate Crisis Impacts In a Historic Move, Frontline Communities Will Be Compensated for Climate Crisis Impacts
At the UN climate negotiations, delegates celebrated the decision to create a mechanism by which developed countries will compensate developing countries for the havoc wreaked upon...
Nov 23, 2022 / Tina Gerhardt
Lula’s Victory in Brazil and the Second Pink Wave Lula’s Victory in Brazil and the Second Pink Wave
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Doug Bell and Jeremy Adelman survey the prospects for the left in Latin America.
Decolonize! Decolonize!
Honor Native American communities year-round.
Nov 23, 2022 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Getting Adopted Didn’t Save Me Getting Adopted Didn’t Save Me
Two years after I left foster care, my adoptive mother became physically and emotionally abusive. Now, I'm choosing kindness over guilt.
Nov 23, 2022 / StudentNation / George Romero
How We Beat an Anti-Abortion Amendment in Deep-Red Kentucky How We Beat an Anti-Abortion Amendment in Deep-Red Kentucky
The key was organizing, through which volunteers connected deeply, authentically, and vulnerably with voters who didn’t agree with them yet.
Nov 23, 2022 / Erin Heaney
US Arms Dealing Is Out of Control US Arms Dealing Is Out of Control
What will it take to rein in Washington’s arms-sales addiction?
Nov 23, 2022 / William D. Hartung
Can Raphael Warnock Win an Even Tougher Runoff Election? Can Raphael Warnock Win an Even Tougher Runoff Election?
The Georgia Senate race is again in a runoff election. But this time around, it’s a lot harder for voters to participate.
Nov 23, 2022 / Joan Walsh for The Nation
A Suit or a Suitcase A Suit or a Suitcase
You ask what I’ll miss about this life. Everything but cruelty, I think. But you want one specific thing, so here—I’ll miss my body. I’ll miss its companionship, how it’s tr…
Nov 23, 2022 / Poems / Maggie Smith