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Riot police hold back anti-immigrant protesters near a burning police vehicle in Southport, England.

The Recent Riots in the UK Should Be a Warning to Kamala Harris The Recent Riots in the UK Should Be a Warning to Kamala Harris

Like the Tories, the new Labour government wants to blame immigration for Britain’s current troubles, but these have less to do with immigration than with deprivation.

Aug 29, 2024 / Comment / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Former Google employees speak about Google’s Project Nimbus as pro-Palestinian UC Berkeley students set up an encampment at Sproul Hall to demand an end to the Gaza war.

No Tech for Apartheid No Tech for Apartheid

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Mohammad Khatami and Gabi Schubiner on Silicon Valley’s complicity in Gaza.

Aug 29, 2024 / Paris Marx

Displaced From Sudan, Young Refugees Find Solace at School

Displaced From Sudan, Young Refugees Find Solace at School Displaced From Sudan, Young Refugees Find Solace at School

After fleeing war-torn nightmares, refugees in neighboring Egypt are finding a way to dream again.

Aug 29, 2024 / Multimedia / Walaa Alshaer and Elle Kurancid

Attendees chant “Donald Trump is a scab” on the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on August 19, 2024.

Democrats Held the Most Pro-Union Convention in History. Now, They Must Take That Message on the Road. Democrats Held the Most Pro-Union Convention in History. Now, They Must Take That Message on the Road.

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz should learn from what worked at the DNC and make organized labor a central focus of their fall campaigning.

Aug 29, 2024 / John Nichols

Kamala Harris receives a booster shot of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus, on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021 in Washington, DC.

Biden Failed Us on Public Health. Harris Must Do Better. Biden Failed Us on Public Health. Harris Must Do Better.

These are some concrete steps a President Harris could take to undo the damage of her current boss.

Aug 29, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves

Kaitlyn Joshua speaks onstage during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 19, 2024, in Chicago.

I Already Knew Kamala Harris. In Chicago, I Got to Meet Kaitlyn Joshua. I Already Knew Kamala Harris. In Chicago, I Got to Meet Kaitlyn Joshua.

As always, the DNC was an endurance grind. But my serendipitous encounter with a woman who embodies Harris’s reproductive justice agenda was the high point for me.

Aug 28, 2024 / Joan Walsh

Donald Trump looks on during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on August 26, 2024, in Arlington, Virginia.

The Trump Campaign Is Now Running on Pure Contempt The Trump Campaign Is Now Running on Pure Contempt

Both Trump and JD Vance are incapable of hiding their lack of basic humanity.

Aug 28, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

Analyze This

Analyze This Analyze This

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Aug 28, 2024 / OppArt / Drew Sheneman

Judge using gavel in court (focus on foreground, blurred motion) - stock photo

The Federal Judiciary Has a Gerontocracy Problem The Federal Judiciary Has a Gerontocracy Problem

From district courts all the way up to the Supreme Court, judges are refusing to retire, holding on to power well past their prime.

Aug 28, 2024 / Elie Mystal

Former Republican presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump shake hands during a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena on August 23, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona.

By His Endorsement of Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Shows the Dark Side of Camelot By His Endorsement of Donald Trump, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Shows the Dark Side of Camelot

The complex Kennedy legacy has reactionary as well as liberal strands.

Aug 28, 2024 / Jeet Heer

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