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Along the Roads That Built Modern Brazil

Along the Roads That Built Modern Brazil Along the Roads That Built Modern Brazil

José Henrique Bortoluci's What Is Mine tells the story of his country’s laborers, like his father, who built its infrastructure, and in turn its fractious politics.

Dec 4, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Jimin Kang

Three people in a parking lot outside a residential building look at and sign tenant union cards and materials.

In the US, Tenants Are Usually on Their Own. Can a New National Tenant Union Change That? In the US, Tenants Are Usually on Their Own. Can a New National Tenant Union Change That?

The Tenant Union Federation is fostering a wave of tenant leaders who have been pushed to the margins—many of them elderly, disabled, low-income—as they aim to transform renters i...

Dec 4, 2024 / Thomas Birmingham

Former Wisconsin governor Scott Walker arrives to speak during a campaign rally for former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Dane Manufacturing in Waunakee, Wisconsin, October 1, 2024.

A Wisconsin Judge Just Ripped Up Scott Walker’s Anti-Union Law A Wisconsin Judge Just Ripped Up Scott Walker’s Anti-Union Law

In a major win for labor, the judge determined that Walker’s assault on worker rights was wildly unconstitutional.

Dec 4, 2024 / John Nichols

Apartheid

Apartheid Apartheid

And worse.

Dec 3, 2024 / OppArt / André Carrilho

Global Burning

Global Burning Global Burning

The oil industry denies climate change, opposes regulations, and significantly contributes to the environmental crisis.

Dec 3, 2024 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

Dr. Oswaldo Aranha, president of the UN General Assembly, shown announcing the assembly’s official adoption of the plan to partition Palestine into independent Arab and Jewish states on November 29. 1947.

The UN Has Generations of Palestinian Blood on Its Hands The UN Has Generations of Palestinian Blood on Its Hands

Though it is often seen as a target of Israeli aggression, the UN has always played a crucial role in the oppression of Palestinians.

Dec 3, 2024 / Zena Tahhan

Kash Patel at the Team Trump Bus Tour in Charlotte, North Carolina, on October 10, 2024.

Kash Patel Is Trump’s Scariest Cabinet Appointment Yet Kash Patel Is Trump’s Scariest Cabinet Appointment Yet

The president-elect wants to put a “deep state” conspiracy theorist in charge of the actual deep state.

Dec 3, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, on Capitol Hill to discuss his nomination with senators.

The Senate Must Reject Scandal-Plagued Pete Hegseth The Senate Must Reject Scandal-Plagued Pete Hegseth

And then it must keep rejecting Trump’s cabinet picks.

Dec 3, 2024 / Joan Walsh

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass receives the Olympic flag during the closing ceremonies of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Saint-Denis on August 11, 2024.

Stopping Trump From Using the LA Olympics to Burnish His Strongman Image Stopping Trump From Using the LA Olympics to Burnish His Strongman Image

Activists, community leaders, and organizers are already teaming up to prevent LA28 from becoming an echo of the 1936 Nazi Olympics.

Dec 3, 2024 / Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin

The GOP Push to Deregulate Childcare, One State at a Time

The GOP Push to Deregulate Childcare, One State at a Time The GOP Push to Deregulate Childcare, One State at a Time

From Kansas to South Carolina, Republican have come up with a terrifying solution to the childcare crisis: remove some of the basic guardrails ensuring safe, quality care for youn...

Dec 3, 2024 / Feature / Jackie Mader

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