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James Goodwin, the policy director at the Center for Progressive Reform. A Project 2025 sign is seen as at the Capitol Visitor Center on September 12, 2024.

The Far Right’s Plot Against Workers The Far Right’s Plot Against Workers

James Goodwin, the policy director at the Center for Progressive Reform, explains what the “bleak” world of labor under Project 2025 would look like.

Oct 15, 2024 / Q&A / Laura Flanders and Maximillian Alvarez

Kamala Shoe

Kamala Shoe Kamala Shoe

Stepping on up.

Oct 15, 2024 / OppArt / Gary Taxali

Honor Native American Peoples, Every Day

Honor Native American Peoples, Every Day Honor Native American Peoples, Every Day

Indigenous Peoples' Day is commemorated on the second Monday in October in many parts of the United States.

Oct 15, 2024 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the plenary session of the 10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum at the Tauride Palace, July 11 2024, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Can BRICS Rise in a World Threatened by War? Can BRICS Rise in a World Threatened by War?

The group’s appeal is only growing since its recent expansion, but it must now deal with a world on the brink.

Oct 15, 2024 / Sarang Shidore

Argentine President Javier Milei poses for a picture next to TESLA cofounder and director Elon Musk (L) at Gigafactory Texas on April 12, 2024, in Austin, Texas.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Man in Buenos Aires Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Man in Buenos Aires

Argentine President Javier Milei is chainsawing his way through his country’s social safety net. That could be a preview of things to come in the United States.

Oct 15, 2024 / Jacob Sugarman

The Magic and Mischief of Xi Xi

The Magic and Mischief of Xi Xi The Magic and Mischief of Xi Xi

Her penchant for transforming taboo subjects—death, illness, or gender—into fodder for intellectual delight made her one of Hong Kong's great writers.

Oct 15, 2024 / Karen Cheung

Residents are rescued on October 10, 2024, from a flooded apartment complex in Clearwater, Florida, after the passage of Hurricane Milton.

Florida Lawmakers’ Climate Denialism Is Pure, Unadulterated Lunacy Florida Lawmakers’ Climate Denialism Is Pure, Unadulterated Lunacy

Climate change will only make future hurricane seasons worse. So why are Florida legislators pretending like nothing’s amiss?

Oct 14, 2024 / Craig Pittman

Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH, speaks at a campaign rally on Saturday, October 5, 2024, in Cincinnati. Ohio.

To Restore Abortion Rights, Democrats Must Win the Senate To Restore Abortion Rights, Democrats Must Win the Senate

If Democrats manage to win the White House but lose the Senate, then people in GOP-controlled states will continue to be forced to bring pregnancies to term against their will.

Oct 14, 2024 / Elie Mystal

Kamala Harris, with Liz Cheney behind her, smiles and clutches her hand. A banner reads Country Over Party behind.

The Harris Campaign Needs a Course Correction The Harris Campaign Needs a Course Correction

The vice president’s eager embrace of Republican support is one sign that the mistakes of 2016 are being repeated.

Oct 14, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Signs wait ready for use as United Auto Workers members and supporters picket outside the Stellantis NV Toledo Assembly Complex in Toldeo, Ohio, on September 22, 2023.

The Call Is Out for Mass, Simultaneous Strikes in 4 Years The Call Is Out for Mass, Simultaneous Strikes in 4 Years

These labor leaders are organizing for 2028. Cooperation across unions and sectors—if carried out on a large scale—would be unprecedented in the 21st-century United States.

Oct 14, 2024 / Sarah Lazare

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