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Profits of Destruction

Profits of Destruction Profits of Destruction

Check out all installments in the OppArt series.

Dec 23, 2022 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Another Very Covid Christmas

Another Very Covid Christmas Another Very Covid Christmas

We enter a third holiday season in the pandemic. Has anything changed?

Dec 23, 2022 / Photo Essay / Camilo José Vergara and Gregg Gonsalves

Tracy McCarter Is a Case Study of the Abusive Carceral State

Tracy McCarter Is a Case Study of the Abusive Carceral State Tracy McCarter Is a Case Study of the Abusive Carceral State

Judge Diane Kiesel's ruling is just one example of the way the legal system took on the role of the abuser in McCarter's case.

Dec 23, 2022 / Victoria Law for The Nation

Calls Grow for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine

Calls Grow for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine Calls Grow for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine

Inspired by the Christmas Truce of 1914, more than 1,000 faith leaders are urging the United States to use diplomatic channels to seek a cessation of violence in Ukraine.

Dec 23, 2022 / John Nichols

Climate Change Student Protest

How Young People Shaped 2022 How Young People Shaped 2022

From abortion rights activism to climate strikes to labor unionization, here are some of the movements that mattered most to students this year.

Dec 23, 2022 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Karen Bass and former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa look at a homeless encampment

Los Angeles’s State of Emergency Los Angeles’s State of Emergency

Newly elected Mayor Karen Bass has vowed to take action over the spiraling homelessness crisis. It’s crucial that the city succeed.

Dec 23, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky

Why Striking University of California Workers May Vote “No” on Their Contract

Why Striking University of California Workers May Vote “No” on Their Contract Why Striking University of California Workers May Vote “No” on Their Contract

The union’s concessions may be too much for the rank and file of the biggest strike in the country to swallow.

Dec 22, 2022 / Sammy Feldblum and Lavanya Nott

Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer.

The Senate Puts Pregnant Workers on the Verge of Getting New Protections The Senate Puts Pregnant Workers on the Verge of Getting New Protections

A bill to ensure that pregnant workers receive accommodations on the job has been approved as an amendment to the must-pass omnibus spending bill.

Dec 22, 2022 / Bryce Covert for The Nation

We Didn’t Need to See Trump’s Taxes

We Didn’t Need to See Trump’s Taxes We Didn’t Need to See Trump’s Taxes

It has no political upside.

Dec 22, 2022 / Elie Mystal

Mohsen Shekari

Mohsen Shekari Mohsen Shekari

Dying in Iran.

Dec 22, 2022 / OppArt / Nasrin Sheykhi

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