How Asset Managers Ruined Our Lives How Asset Managers Ruined Our Lives
Firms like Blackstone have made investments in real estate, energy, and infrastructure to become the world’s most crooked landlords and bill collectors.
Oct 23, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Michael Eby
Blessed Be the Peacemakers, Unless They Raise Their Voices in Washington Blessed Be the Peacemakers, Unless They Raise Their Voices in Washington
Humanitarian groups propose to stop the killing in Palestine and Israel, but members of Congress who echo their calls are condemned in D.C.
Oct 21, 2023 / John Nichols
Western Journalists Have Palestinian Blood on Their Hands Western Journalists Have Palestinian Blood on Their Hands
The mainstream media’s relentless dehumanization of Palestinians is enabling Israeli war crimes.
Oct 20, 2023 / Mohammed El-Kurd
California’s Labor Victories Could Be Contagious California’s Labor Victories Could Be Contagious
After Kaiser Permanente agreed to a minimum wage of $25 for its employees in the state, will the rest of the country follow?
Oct 20, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky
The Fate of Your Rent May Be in the Supreme Court’s Hands The Fate of Your Rent May Be in the Supreme Court’s Hands
The nation’s highest court is weighing whether to hear two rent-regulation cases that could gut renter protection laws.
Oct 20, 2023 / Elie Mystal
Close the Fridge! Close the Fridge!
Ice caps melting as we watch.
Oct 20, 2023 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Argentina’s Son-of-Sam Presidential Election Argentina’s Son-of-Sam Presidential Election
The front-runner in Sunday’s election wants to create a free-market dystopia where even human organs are for sale. Oh—and he believes he can communicate with his dead dog.
Oct 20, 2023 / Jacob Sugarman
“We Are the Voices of Gazan Citizens Right Now” “We Are the Voices of Gazan Citizens Right Now”
Hundreds of Palestinian Americans and supporters from Cincinnati, Ohio, gathered in Ziegler Park. “My city no longer exists. My village is no longer there.”
Oct 20, 2023 / StudentNation / Zurie Pope
Jim Jordan Bites the Dust Jim Jordan Bites the Dust
Two weeks after Kevin McCarthy’s ouster as speaker of the House, the Ohio representative has failed twice to win enough votes to secure the position.
Oct 19, 2023 / Chris Lehmann