The Vanguard Party of the Christian Right The Vanguard Party of the Christian Right
The Alliance Defending Freedom, an evangelical legal advocacy group, is behind many of the Supreme Court cases seeking right-wing rulings.
Oct 5, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
The “Trump for Speaker” Campaign Shipwrecks on the Shoals of Stupidity The “Trump for Speaker” Campaign Shipwrecks on the Shoals of Stupidity
Some House Republicans want the former president to be their new boss. There are just two problems with this plan: It’s crazy, and it’s not allowed.
Oct 5, 2023 / John Nichols
Hope for Asylum Seekers Hope for Asylum Seekers
The Biden administration will allow nearly half a million Venezuelan migrants in the United States to live and work legally in the country for 18 months.
Oct 5, 2023 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo
The American Ambassador Who Helped Stop a Coup in Chile The American Ambassador Who Helped Stop a Coup in Chile
Everyone knows how Nixon and Kissinger paved Pinochet’s path to power. The story of Harry Barnes, who played a crucial role in the Chilean dictator’s exit, is much less well known...
Oct 5, 2023 / Peter Kornbluh
Who Is the Real Laphonza Butler? Who Is the Real Laphonza Butler?
The new senator from California has been both a union organizer and a corporate consultant. Which side of her will we see in Congress?
Oct 5, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky
The Crisis of Shelter in the United States The Crisis of Shelter in the United States
Housing is one the building blocks of human life. Why is it so scarce in this country?
Oct 5, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
How DeSantis Is Using Sports to Hijack a Florida College How DeSantis Is Using Sports to Hijack a Florida College
The far-right extremists in charge of New College are recruiting baseball players to overhaul the ideology of the student body.
Oct 4, 2023 / Dave Zirin
National Hispanic-Latinx Heritage Month National Hispanic-Latinx Heritage Month
Latinos contributed a record-breaking $3.2 trillion to the US economy in 2021 (equivalent to the fifth-largest economy in the world), according to a new study by UCLA researchers.
Oct 4, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
The Reason Gavin Newsom Didn’t Appoint Barbara Lee Is the Reason She Should Be a Senator The Reason Gavin Newsom Didn’t Appoint Barbara Lee Is the Reason She Should Be a Senator
Lee called out the California governor’s approach to filling the vacancy, maintaining her tradition of speaking truth to power. Newsom wasn’t impressed. But voters should be.
Oct 4, 2023 / John Nichols
Stigma Makes Abortion Criminalization Possible Stigma Makes Abortion Criminalization Possible
A Nebraska mother and daughter were put behind bars for self-managing an abortion, but not because of what the law says is illegal.
Oct 4, 2023 / Elizabeth Ling