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UPR Student Protest

“The University of Puerto Rico Is Not for Sale!” “The University of Puerto Rico Is Not for Sale!”

Thousands of student protesters in Puerto Rico are fighting against further austerity measures from a new bill, PC1003, that will drastically cut funding for public education.

Oct 26, 2021 / StudentNation / Rima Brusi

Conor Lamb and Joe Manchin

Conor Lamb Is a Centrist in Sheep’s Clothing Conor Lamb Is a Centrist in Sheep’s Clothing

In spite of branding himself as a true-blue Democrat, the Pennsylvania representative has allied himself with Joe Manchin, voted with Republicans, and taken money from the fossil f...

Oct 26, 2021 / Aída Chávez

FRANCE 2022-VOTE-MELENCHON

Jean-Luc Mélenchon Welcomes the Animosity Jean-Luc Mélenchon Welcomes the Animosity

The “divisive” MP says he’s the best candidate to prevent France’s rightward lurch.

Oct 26, 2021 / Cole Stangler

Joe Manchin’s Surefire Strategy to Ensure That Democrats Lose in 2022

Joe Manchin’s Surefire Strategy to Ensure That Democrats Lose in 2022 Joe Manchin’s Surefire Strategy to Ensure That Democrats Lose in 2022

If Democrats appease Manchin and fail to act on the climate crisis, they will lose a vital appeal to the young voters they need to win.

Oct 25, 2021 / John Nichols

Protesters for Kyrie Irving holding signs

Kyrie Irving Needs to Say “Not In My Name” Kyrie Irving Needs to Say “Not In My Name”

The right wing is now using the basketball star’s name as an anti-vaccine rallying cry.

Oct 25, 2021 / Dave Zirin

Jose Vega and Family

Disabled and Abandoned in New York State Prisons Disabled and Abandoned in New York State Prisons

Incarcerated people are being disciplined because their disability makes it impossible to comply with prison rules.

Oct 25, 2021 / Column / Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg

Why the Superrich Are Flocking to South Dakota

Why the Superrich Are Flocking to South Dakota Why the Superrich Are Flocking to South Dakota

South Dakota has become a tax haven for the wealthy. Here’s how the trust industry gained a foothold.

Oct 25, 2021 / Kalena Thomhave

Rights and Wrongs

Rights and Wrongs Rights and Wrongs

Lives at stake.

Oct 25, 2021 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández

A family watches the solar eclipse in Germany, 1999.

Richard Powers’s Radical Parenting Lessons Richard Powers’s Radical Parenting Lessons

His new novel Bewilderment examines the challenges of raising a child in a slowly dying world.

Oct 25, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Adams

Steven Donziger

Facing Prison, Steven Donziger Refuses to Be Silenced Facing Prison, Steven Donziger Refuses to Be Silenced

The environmentalist lawyer says Chevron has “to try and destroy what I represent.”

Oct 25, 2021 / James North

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