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Celebrating Labor Activist Dolores Huerta

Celebrating Labor Activist Dolores Huerta Celebrating Labor Activist Dolores Huerta

A cofounder of the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez.

Apr 5, 2023 / OppArt / Jos Sances

The shadow of a parent and child holding hands falls on a sidewalk.

“I’d Rather Take a Beating Than Catch a CPS Case”: Survivors Face an Impossible Choice “I’d Rather Take a Beating Than Catch a CPS Case”: Survivors Face an Impossible Choice

Parents facing intimate partner violence need support from social service providers. But they are afraid—with good reason—that information they share will be used against them.

Apr 5, 2023 / Jasmine Wali

Judge Janet Protasiewicz onstage

Wisconsin Chooses a Progressive Justice in the Most Important Election of 2023 Wisconsin Chooses a Progressive Justice in the Most Important Election of 2023

Janet Protasiewicz’s victory matters not just for Wisconsin but for any American who cares about democracy, fair elections, voting rights, and much more.

Apr 5, 2023 / John Nichols

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference

Republicans Have a Favorite New Tool to Destroy Public Schools Republicans Have a Favorite New Tool to Destroy Public Schools

“Education savings accounts” are the right’s new weapon of choice to devastate public education—and they could be coming to your state.

Apr 5, 2023 / David Marques

What It’s Like to Be Trans and Christian in Nashville Right Now

What It’s Like to Be Trans and Christian in Nashville Right Now What It’s Like to Be Trans and Christian in Nashville Right Now

Talking with Nashville-based transqueer Christian scholar and activist Roberto Ché Espinoza about faith, violence, and healing.

Apr 5, 2023 / Wen Stephenson

Veterans

What Survivors of War Can Tell Us About Our Broken Health Care System What Survivors of War Can Tell Us About Our Broken Health Care System

Policy-makers once so prepared to place veterans in harm’s way are remarkably unprepared to care for them when they are no longer of direct use.

Apr 5, 2023 / Andrea Mazzarino

Former US president Donald Trump arrives at the New York criminal court in Manhattan on April 4, 2023, to face an indictment brought by a grand jury assembled by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

Two Cheers for Arresting Trump Two Cheers for Arresting Trump

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Elie Mystal discusses Trump’s legal status and why we should be clear-eyed about how far the court case can go.

Apr 5, 2023 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Alissa Quart

Is the American Dream a Long Con? Is the American Dream a Long Con?

A conversation with Alissa Quart about her new book Bootstrapped, an examination of how the ideology of individualism helped create the conditions for inequality.

Apr 5, 2023 / Q&A / Rhoda Feng

A scene from Knock at the Cabin

M. Night Shyamalan’s Strange Renaissance M. Night Shyamalan’s Strange Renaissance

After watching his latest, Knock at the Cabin, one can't help but wonder: What is fueling his career revival?

Apr 5, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse

Former US president Donald Trump appears in a Manhattan court during his arraignment on April 4, 2023, in New York City.

Trump’s Indictment Is a Slap on the Wrist, but Accountability Has to Start Somewhere Trump’s Indictment Is a Slap on the Wrist, but Accountability Has to Start Somewhere

This isn’t the case of our dreams, but Trump very likely committed these crimes. He should be prosecuted for them. And other prosecutions should follow.

Apr 4, 2023 / Elie Mystal

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