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Rep. Pramila Jayapal

Pramila Jayapal Is Not Having Any of Your Nonsense Pramila Jayapal Is Not Having Any of Your Nonsense

The progressive leader discusses her last call with Joe Manchin, her frustration with the idea that “the Squad” and Bernie Sanders were right and she was wrong, and her determinati...

Dec 22, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Comfortable Clothes, Uncomfortable Bias

Comfortable Clothes, Uncomfortable Bias Comfortable Clothes, Uncomfortable Bias

Prejudice costs lives.

Dec 22, 2021 / OppArt / Kirk Maynard

Don Cornelius and Soul Train Dancers

Soul Train and the Desire for Black Power Soul Train and the Desire for Black Power

Don Cornelius’s faith that Black culture would attract a mass audience—and his devout belief that Black culture should be in the hands of Black people—make the program he created a...

Dec 22, 2021 / Mark Anthony Neal

Prisoners in Mississippi getting the covid vaccines

As Covid Surges Again, Decarceration Is More Necessary Than Ever As Covid Surges Again, Decarceration Is More Necessary Than Ever

American jails and prisons have become increasingly deadly places. Lawmakers must stop putting off the real solution.

Dec 22, 2021 / Amanda Klonsky and Eric Reinhart

Ohio State Student Protest

How Students Seized The Year How Students Seized The Year

It’s been another tumultuous, traumatic year, but young people continue to organize.

Dec 22, 2021 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What the Pandemic Has Taught Us About American Democracy

What the Pandemic Has Taught Us About American Democracy What the Pandemic Has Taught Us About American Democracy

A conversation with Danielle Allen about the strengths and faults of federalism during our health crisis. 

Dec 22, 2021 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

Guam protest

The US Military Is Bulldozing Sacred Indigenous Sites on Guam The US Military Is Bulldozing Sacred Indigenous Sites on Guam

Indigenous residents are fighting to save their island’s heritage, while the military refuses to release key information about what it is razing.

Dec 22, 2021 / Chris Gelardi

We Mobilized Young People to Support Biden. He’s Failing Us.

We Mobilized Young People to Support Biden. He’s Failing Us. We Mobilized Young People to Support Biden. He’s Failing Us.

Sunrise and United We Dream youth organizers trusted Biden and the Democrats to really get things done. They are failing to follow through on campaign promises.

Dec 22, 2021 / Varshini Prakash and Greisa Martínez Rosas

How Democrats Lost Build Back Better

How Democrats Lost Build Back Better How Democrats Lost Build Back Better

Most Democrats, including progressives, are unwilling to reflect on the strategic errors they made along the way.

Dec 21, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Joe Manchin committee hearing

The Coverage of Build Back Better’s Failure Is Focused on the Wrong Culprits The Coverage of Build Back Better’s Failure Is Focused on the Wrong Culprits

This isn’t a case of “Democratic disarray.”

Dec 21, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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