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University of Oregon student workers

Inside the Campaign to Unionize the University of Oregon Inside the Campaign to Unionize the University of Oregon

If the Oregon workers are successful, they believe they will be the nation’s largest undergraduate student union at a public university.

Feb 10, 2023 / StudentNation / Porter Wheeler

Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt bangs the team's end-zone drum

The Fight to Defeat the Name of the Kansas City Chiefs The Fight to Defeat the Name of the Kansas City Chiefs

As the Kansas City Chiefs compete again in the Super Bowl, it's time to take their racist name off the national stage.

Feb 10, 2023 / Simon Moya-Smith

Stefon Diggs, #14 of the Buffalo Bills, leaps for a pass, with Jaire Alexander, #23 of the Green Bay Packers, in pursuit, October 30, 2022. (Joshua Bessex / Getty Images)

Heartbreak Is Life: Reflections of a Football Fan Heartbreak Is Life: Reflections of a Football Fan

Like life, football is ultimately about loss, struggle, grace, danger, and finding joy wherever we can.

Feb 10, 2023 / Photo Essay / JoAnn Wypijewski

California Governor Gavin Newsom with President Joe Biden

Joe Biden Is Following the Lead of West Coast Progressives Joe Biden Is Following the Lead of West Coast Progressives

The president's State of the Union address showed a willingness to implement a program of economic justice that has secured Democratic wins in Western states.

Feb 10, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna Samarasinha.

Why Disability Justice Is Crucial for Liberation Why Disability Justice Is Crucial for Liberation

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, author of The Future Is Disabled, explains how disabled wisdom can help us all fight fascism and climate change.

Feb 10, 2023 / Q&A / Laura Flanders

Chief Justice Roberts Portrays His Court as Heroic

Chief Justice Roberts Portrays His Court as Heroic Chief Justice Roberts Portrays His Court as Heroic

(Rather than a cohort of extremists that ignores judicial precedent and makes up facts to suit its agenda.)

Feb 10, 2023 / Column / Elie Mystal

Pamela Paul

You Do Not, Under Any Circumstances, “Gotta Hand It to” Ron DeSantis You Do Not, Under Any Circumstances, “Gotta Hand It to” Ron DeSantis

Pamela Paul's latest New York Times op-ed argues that the left should take a lesson from the right-wing Florida governor.

Feb 9, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

Neither Forgive nor Forget

Neither Forgive nor Forget Neither Forgive nor Forget

Plaza de Armas, Guadalajara, Jalisco. The estate of Jalisco has the highest rate of femicides in Mexico.

Feb 9, 2023 / OppArt / Jacqueline Loweree

Congress Shouldn’t Clap for Tyre Nichols’s Parents—They Should Apologize

Congress Shouldn’t Clap for Tyre Nichols’s Parents—They Should Apologize Congress Shouldn’t Clap for Tyre Nichols’s Parents—They Should Apologize

Many of the people rising for Nichols’s parents during the State of the Union didn’t do enough to prevent his death—and quite a few did worse than that.

Feb 9, 2023 / Elie Mystal

U.S. President Joe Biden participates in a virtual meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Roosevelt Room of the White House November 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden met with his Chinese counterpart to discuss bilateral issues.

War With China Is Preventable, Not Inevitable War With China Is Preventable, Not Inevitable

What is needed is a policy of constructive coexistence.

Feb 9, 2023 / Jake Werner and William D. Hartung

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