Raising the Minimum Wage Comes Cheap Raising the Minimum Wage Comes Cheap
Studies overwhelmingly show that the effect of increasing the minimum wage on employment rates is basically zero.
Jun 14, 2024 / Bryce Covert
Why University of California Workers Stopped Their Historic Strike Why University of California Workers Stopped Their Historic Strike
Nearly 80 percent of participating union members voted in support of the strike on May 1, citing the repression of pro-Palestine protesters at UCLA, UCSD, and UCI.
Jun 14, 2024 / StudentNation / Amber X. Chen and Ella Carter-Klauschie
Trump’s Favored Candidate Just Won Nevada’s Senate Primary Trump’s Favored Candidate Just Won Nevada’s Senate Primary
Sam Brown will face incumbent Democratic Senator Jacky Rosen in November, in a state where the outcome remains far from clear.
Jun 14, 2024 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
Just More Evidence That J.D. Vance Is a Fraud Just More Evidence That J.D. Vance Is a Fraud
As long as you ultimately kiss the ring, you get total absolution in Trump world. But the junior senator from Ohio has traveled farther than most.
Jun 13, 2024 / Joan Walsh
House Republicans Have Voted to Hold Merrick Garland in Contempt House Republicans Have Voted to Hold Merrick Garland in Contempt
The vote followed demands that the US attorney general turn over recordings of President Biden’s interviews with Robert Hur.
Jun 13, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
The Supreme Court Sides With the FDA on the Abortion Pill—for Now The Supreme Court Sides With the FDA on the Abortion Pill—for Now
The outcome is a win for abortion rights, but the court left open the possibility of future challenges to the FDA’s regulation of mifepristone.
Jun 13, 2024 / Aziza Ahmed
An Israeli Hostage Operation, a Victory for the European Right, and Tensions in Korea An Israeli Hostage Operation, a Victory for the European Right, and Tensions in Korea
On this episode of American Prestige, headlines from around the globe.
Jun 13, 2024 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison
We Need a Project 2025 for the Left We Need a Project 2025 for the Left
The right has a blueprint for the future. Where’s ours?
Jun 13, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves
Wake-Up Alarm! Wake-Up Alarm!
The hottest recorded 12 months in history.
Jun 13, 2024 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
The Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., 1928–2024 The Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., 1928–2024
The “greatest teacher of nonviolence in America” was a mentor to generations of activists, from Martin Luther King Jr. to today’s union organizers and immigrant rights campaigners...
Jun 13, 2024 / Obituary / Peter Dreier