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Black-and-white photo of Eugene Debs waving to s crowd in 1921

What Might Eugene Debs and Donald Trump Share? What Might Eugene Debs and Donald Trump Share?

Trump, too, may campaign from a prison cell.

Aug 8, 2023 / Richard Lingeman

NIH Fellows United rally on the NIH main campus celebrating their union election filing with the FLRA on June 1.

NIH Scientists Want a Union NIH Scientists Want a Union

Faced with an organizing campaign by the United Auto Workers, the Biden administration is claiming that fellows at the National Institutes of Health—the people who do most of the a...

Aug 8, 2023 / Peter Lucas

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Letters From the August 21/28, 2023, Issue Letters From the August 21/28, 2023, Issue

Suburban blight… Predatory financing… Dancing to AIPAC’s tune (web only)… A commitment to liberation (web only)…

Aug 8, 2023 / Our Readers

Rev. Victoria Rue & Roman Catholic Women Priests

The Catholic Women Priests Fighting for Reproductive Justice The Catholic Women Priests Fighting for Reproductive Justice

The church forbids women to become priests, but RCWP-USA believes that they are aptly situated to minister on abortion and offer a new, progressive stance.

Aug 8, 2023 / StudentNation / Molly Morrow

Justice Clarence Thomas.

It's Time for Ethics Reform on the Supreme Court It's Time for Ethics Reform on the Supreme Court

On this episode of the Contempt of Court podcast, Congressman Hank Johnson and writer Emily Bazelon discuss fixes to the Court's ethics problem.

Aug 8, 2023 / Podcast / Elie Mystal

The Cost of Legalizing Abortion in Haiti

The Cost of Legalizing Abortion in Haiti The Cost of Legalizing Abortion in Haiti

Legalization may occur in June 2024, but advocates say the new penal code would undermine any actual progress if enacted unconstitutionally.

Aug 8, 2023 / Alma Beauvais

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We Can Ensure Parents, Children, and Birth Workers Thrive We Can Ensure Parents, Children, and Birth Workers Thrive

The "lactonomy" is rigged against us, but there are public health measures we can take to fix it.

Aug 7, 2023 / Latona Giwa

Brandon Taylor’s Sweeping Novel of Class and Campuses

Brandon Taylor’s Sweeping Novel of Class and Campuses Brandon Taylor’s Sweeping Novel of Class and Campuses

The Late Americans works the way that university towns do. People move in, move out, move on—not everyone gets to meet, but everyone temporarily occupies the same spaces. 

Aug 7, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Chihaya

Moms for Liberty founders Tiffany Justice (L) and Tina Descovich at the Moms for Liberty Summit.

The Real Agenda of Moms for Liberty The Real Agenda of Moms for Liberty

As Republicans pay the political price for overturning legal abortion, they’re banking on “parents’ rights” as a way to paint their opponents as extreme.

Aug 7, 2023 / Feature / Amy Littlefield

When Phallocrats Go Limp

When Phallocrats Go Limp When Phallocrats Go Limp

Adrian Tomine’s dark comedy of ethnic self-hatred and male inadequacy.

Aug 4, 2023 / Jeet Heer

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