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UNITE HERE Local 11

Our Union Has Been Fighting for Voting Rights All Year Our Union Has Been Fighting for Voting Rights All Year

And our members can tell you why Congress must pass the Freedom to Vote Act.

Sep 29, 2021 / Column / Ada Briceño, Susan Minato, and Kurt Petersen

Amber Shamsi

Pakistani Women Are Leading the Struggle for Human Rights Pakistani Women Are Leading the Struggle for Human Rights

In one of the most patriarchal countries in the world, the struggle for civil liberties is being spearheaded by women.

Sep 28, 2021 / Column / Hasan Ali

Mexico Border Migrant Camp

Daniel Foote’s Resignation Resounds Like Thunder Daniel Foote’s Resignation Resounds Like Thunder

The departing special envoy to Haiti undiplomatically tells the truth about US policy.

Sep 24, 2021 / Column / Amy Wilentz

Pharma Protesters

Has Big Pharma Bought Enough Democrats to Derail Biden’s Plan? Has Big Pharma Bought Enough Democrats to Derail Biden’s Plan?

If Democrats allow the party’s Manchinema wing to derail prescription drug pricing reforms, they could lose their ability to govern.

Sep 23, 2021 / Column / John Nichols

National Mall COVID Memorial

Herd Immunity: Covid Deaths Devouring the South Are No Accident Herd Immunity: Covid Deaths Devouring the South Are No Accident

For Scott Atlas, as for Republican governors like Ron DeSantis, Greg Abbott, Tate Reeves, and Kay Ivey, the human cost of our shredded public health system is a feature, not a bug.

Sep 22, 2021 / Column / Gregg Gonsalves

Help Wanted Sign

Reset Labor Markets With a Local Half-Time Job Guarantee Reset Labor Markets With a Local Half-Time Job Guarantee

The attacks on pandemic income support and the Refundable Child Tax Credit highlight the need for work guarantees.

Sep 21, 2021 / Column / Nathan Newman

College student gets a Covid vaccine

Republicans Urge Defiance of Biden Mandates Republicans Urge Defiance of Biden Mandates

Republicans say don’t comply When government tries to deny The freedom you’ve got To not take the shot, No matter how many folks die.

Sep 21, 2021 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Justin Trudeau and Jagmeet Singh

Bernie Sanders Backs Canada’s Left Rival to Justin Trudeau Bernie Sanders Backs Canada’s Left Rival to Justin Trudeau

The New Democratic Party and its dynamic young leader, Jagmeet Singh, score a cross-border endorsement.

Sep 20, 2021 / Column / John Nichols

The Age of Irrationality

The Age of Irrationality The Age of Irrationality

With the rise of QAnon and the anti-vax movement, skepticism has become the province of the paranoid.

Sep 20, 2021 / Column / Katha Pollitt

A mobile Covid test site in Times Square

Covid Is Here to Stay. This Is How We Should Respond. Covid Is Here to Stay. This Is How We Should Respond.

Learning to live with Covid-19 is not an individual state of mind.

Sep 17, 2021 / Column / Abdullah Shihipar

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