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Tesla's Elon Musk

Billionaires Aren’t Going to Save Us Billionaires Aren’t Going to Save Us

Extreme weather events, pandemics, and other public emergencies have exposed a deep societal disease that has only grown worse after decades of neoliberal policies.

Oct 21, 2024 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

The Future of Rent Control Is on the Ballot in California

The Future of Rent Control Is on the Ballot in California The Future of Rent Control Is on the Ballot in California

Proposition 33 could overturn the controversial Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, which has limited rent control policies in the state for decades.

Oct 21, 2024 / StudentNation / Amber X. Chen and Maggie Grether

A scene from “The Apprentice.”

The Apprenticeship of Donald Trump The Apprenticeship of Donald Trump

A new film examines Trump's formative years under the tutelage of Roy Cohn.

Oct 21, 2024 / Books & the Arts / David Klion

Elaine May poses for a portrait in a bowling alley in New York City, 1961.

The Irrepressible Elaine May The Irrepressible Elaine May

Her films reveled in the possibility of capturing the spontaneous beauty of improvisation.

Oct 21, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Alex Kong

Radical Eyes

Radical Eyes Radical Eyes

Grounded.

Oct 18, 2024 / Steve Brodner

Kamala Harris speaks at University Wisconsin-La Crosse during a campaign event in La Crosse, Wisconsin, on October 17, 2024.

Kamala Harris Is Thinking About the Care Economy. Here’s Where She Should Start. Kamala Harris Is Thinking About the Care Economy. Here’s Where She Should Start.

The vice president has begun to shape a vision of how we care for each other. It’s up to us to expand her horizons.

Oct 18, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves

The New Cold War in the Pacific Is Dangerously Close to Heating Up

The New Cold War in the Pacific Is Dangerously Close to Heating Up The New Cold War in the Pacific Is Dangerously Close to Heating Up

Bristling with armaments and seemingly strong, the current ad hoc Western coalition may yet prove, like NATO, vulnerable to sudden setbacks from rising partisan pressure...

Oct 18, 2024 / Alfred McCoy

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance speaks to supporters during a campaign event in Traverse City, Michigan.

JD Vance Shows That the Future of the GOP Is in Racist Conspiracy Theories JD Vance Shows That the Future of the GOP Is in Racist Conspiracy Theories

Trump’s deluded fantasies have now become the GOP gospel.

Oct 18, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers union, during a rally at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan, for Vice President Kamala Harris, on October 4, 2024.

Donald Trump Just Insulted Every Autoworker in Michigan Donald Trump Just Insulted Every Autoworker in Michigan

The Republican presidential candidate claims that children could do the assembly-line jobs of America autoworkers. That should disqualify him in “blue wall” battleground states.

Oct 18, 2024 / John Nichols

Meltdown

Meltdown Meltdown

Getting hot in here.

Oct 18, 2024 / OppArt / Joep Bertrams

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