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How Unite Here Turned the West’s Biggest Red State Blue

How Unite Here Turned the West’s Biggest Red State Blue How Unite Here Turned the West’s Biggest Red State Blue

Arizona was pivotal in the 2020 presidential election. Its shift was no accident.

Jun 14, 2021 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

Raoul Peck’s World

Raoul Peck’s World Raoul Peck’s World

In Exterminate All the Brutes, Peck offers a bold new history of colonialism and violence.

Jun 14, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Ed Morales

Democratic Republic of Congo

Do African Lives Matter? Do African Lives Matter?

The response of the outside world to the latest disaster in the Democratic Republic of Congo suggests the answer is no.

Jun 11, 2021 / James North

Dianne Feinstein

Dianne Feinstein Is an Embarrassment Dianne Feinstein Is an Embarrassment

The senior California senator's defense of the filibuster is shameful—but she’s not alone, and she’s got more company than just Manchin and Sinema.

Jun 11, 2021 / Joan Walsh

UNDER FIRE.

UNDER FIRE. UNDER FIRE.

DOWN AROUND ZERO. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of June 7.

Jun 11, 2021 / Steve Brodner

Boris Johnson and Joe Biden

Climate Justice, for the First Time Ever, Is on the G7 Agenda Climate Justice, for the First Time Ever, Is on the G7 Agenda

If rich countries want a livable planet for themselves, they'll have to pay what they promised. This weekend’s summit will show whether they will.

Jun 11, 2021 / Mark Hertsgaard

Maya Wiley

Ranked-Choice Voting Can Make Maya Wiley the Next Mayor of New York Ranked-Choice Voting Can Make Maya Wiley the Next Mayor of New York

If progressives rank their votes effectively—by making Wiley their No. 1, No. 2, or even No. 3—they can consolidate their power and overtake the centrists.

Jun 11, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and John Nichols

Alabama Miners Strike

Alabama’s Coal Miners Are Striking for Their Lives Alabama’s Coal Miners Are Striking for Their Lives

Over a thousand miners at Warrior Met Coal have been on strike now for over two months, and the conflict is only heating up.

Jun 11, 2021 / Kim Kelly

The Ghosts of ‘War Porn’ Haunt Me

The Ghosts of ‘War Porn’ Haunt Me The Ghosts of ‘War Porn’ Haunt Me

Repeated exposure to violent imagery affects even those who weren’t physically present for the photo.

Jun 11, 2021 / Nick Turse

Nurse Strike

Hospital Bosses Recruit Replacements for Striking Nurses Hospital Bosses Recruit Replacements for Striking Nurses

Tenet, the for-profit company that owns St. Vincent’s, chose to “improve their cash position” rather than meet the needs of nurses who worked through the pandemic.

Jun 10, 2021 / Dana Simon

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