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We Want a More Democratic University—Until Then, We Won’t Pay

We Want a More Democratic University—Until Then, We Won’t Pay We Want a More Democratic University—Until Then, We Won’t Pay

Over 2,000 students across Columbia’s institutions are demanding to be included in decisions over how their money is spent. And if not, they won’t pay.

Dec 10, 2020 / StudentNation / Rebecca Roskill and Willem Morris

A nurse wearing a surgical mask and face shield holds a vial of the Covid-19 vaccine

So When Can I Get the Covid Vaccine? So When Can I Get the Covid Vaccine?

And why do I still have to wear a mask?

Dec 10, 2020 / Gregg Gonsalves

Joe Biden stands on stage with Kamala Harris, Anthony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, Alejandro Mayorkas, Avril Haines, John Kerry, and Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Personnel as Policy: What Biden’s Picks So Far Tell Us Personnel as Policy: What Biden’s Picks So Far Tell Us

For progressives, Biden’s nominees include the good, the bad—and the just plain ugly.

Dec 10, 2020 / Robert L. Borosage for The Nation

Take What You Need and Give What You Can: A Mutual Aid Portrait

Take What You Need and Give What You Can: A Mutual Aid Portrait Take What You Need and Give What You Can: A Mutual Aid Portrait

Residents of Morris County, N.J., aren’t waiting for federal relief—they’re helping each other.

Dec 10, 2020 / John Washington and Tracie Williams

I Know Rahm Emanuel, and He Shouldn’t Be Anywhere Near the White House

I Know Rahm Emanuel, and He Shouldn’t Be Anywhere Near the White House I Know Rahm Emanuel, and He Shouldn’t Be Anywhere Near the White House

Appointing Rahm as secretary of transportation would  be a slap in the face not only to Chicago but to all union members who sent Biden to the White House.

Dec 10, 2020 / Stacy Davis Gates

Trump’s Last Gasp Is a Scheme to Disenfranchise 20,756,421 American Voters—and He’s Getting Help

Trump’s Last Gasp Is a Scheme to Disenfranchise 20,756,421 American Voters—and He’s Getting Help Trump’s Last Gasp Is a Scheme to Disenfranchise 20,756,421 American Voters—and He’s Getting Help

By embracing a Texas lawsuit to cancel the results from Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Georgia, the president pushes the ultimate voter suppression.

Dec 9, 2020 / John Nichols

English Soccer Players Take a Knee

English Soccer Players Take a Knee English Soccer Players Take a Knee

Two Queen’s Park Rangers players looked directly at Millwall supporters and took a knee in a show of radical defiance.

Dec 9, 2020 / Dave Zirin

Neera Tanden speaks on stage at the Milken Conference

Progressives Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Fighting Biden’s Nominees Progressives Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Fighting Biden’s Nominees

The incoming administration is owed no deference when it picks corporate insiders.

Dec 9, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Fighting and Writing Against America’s Forever Wars

Fighting and Writing Against America’s Forever Wars Fighting and Writing Against America’s Forever Wars

Veterans and journalists Danny Sjursen and William Astore discuss the roots of and resistance to our endless wars.

Dec 9, 2020 / William Astore and Danny Sjursen

Raging Pandemic, Anemic Response

Raging Pandemic, Anemic Response Raging Pandemic, Anemic Response

Americans suffer while the GOP dithers.

Dec 9, 2020 / OppArt / Sue Coe

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