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Members of Congress Shouldn’t Be Getting Rich From Trading Stocks Members of Congress Shouldn’t Be Getting Rich From Trading Stocks

Last year, over a hundred members of Congress bought and sold nearly $290 million in stocks and beat the market.

Jan 17, 2022 / Aída Chávez

Martin Luther King Jr. and the Unfinished Work of Abolishing Poverty

Martin Luther King Jr. and the Unfinished Work of Abolishing Poverty Martin Luther King Jr. and the Unfinished Work of Abolishing Poverty

Democrats failed to embrace his Freedom Budget for All Americans in the 1960s. That failure needs to be addressed today with a bold program to abolish poverty and injustice.

Jan 17, 2022 / John Nichols

George Floyd protest in Minneapolis

The Protest Movement and the Protest Government The Protest Movement and the Protest Government

No one acquainted with right-wing media can doubt that anger over the 2020 riots—in Portland, Seattle, Kenosha, Philadelphia, and elsewhere—fed the wildness of the January 6 riot.

Jan 14, 2022 / David Bromwich

Hitch ’22

Hitch ’22 Hitch ’22

Fauci floaters. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of January 10.

Jan 14, 2022 / Steve Brodner

Rebuild and Revive

Rebuild and Revive Rebuild and Revive

Nature needs us to act now.

Jan 14, 2022 / OppArt / Anonymous and Fly Orr

Gov. Gavin Newsom Covid-19 Testing

Gavin Newsom’s New Budget Proposal Expands Health Care to the Undocumented Gavin Newsom’s New Budget Proposal Expands Health Care to the Undocumented

It’s a huge step toward universal health care coverage.

Jan 14, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky

Biden and Xi

Welcome to the New Cold War Welcome to the New Cold War

Whatever Washington might say about peaceful competition, the Biden administration has no intention of allowing China to achieve parity with the United States.

Jan 14, 2022 / Michael T. Klare

Navajo Nation Covid

How the Navajo Nation Beat Back Covid How the Navajo Nation Beat Back Covid

The community once the hardest hit is now one of the safest in the United States.

Jan 14, 2022 / StudentNation / Rachel Cohen

UFCW Worker Striking

Workers Are Paying the Price for Kroger’s Profits Workers Are Paying the Price for Kroger’s Profits

A survey of 10,000 grocery-store employees lays out the job’s human cost.

Jan 14, 2022 / Kim Kelly

Rebecca Solnit Is Not Giving Up Hope

Rebecca Solnit Is Not Giving Up Hope Rebecca Solnit Is Not Giving Up Hope

An interview with the essayist about the need for bread and roses—especially in perilous times.

Jan 14, 2022 / Q&A / John Nichols

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