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Kaiser Permanente mental health workers and supporters march outside a Kaiser facility in Sacramento, Calif. holding picket signs and wearing union shirts.

Therapists in California and Hawaii Are Striking for Mental Health Care Therapists in California and Hawaii Are Striking for Mental Health Care

The strike is the latest example of social justice unionism in the era of corporate health care.

Sep 8, 2022 / Dana Simon

The Far Right Has Already Had an Impact on Sweden’s Elections

The Far Right Has Already Had an Impact on Sweden’s Elections The Far Right Has Already Had an Impact on Sweden’s Elections

With voting on September 11, the country’s center parties still have the power to freeze out the far-right Sweden Democrats. But will they use it?

Sep 8, 2022 / Linda Mannheim

UMass Tuition Protest

Colleges Are in Debt, but Students Pay for It Colleges Are in Debt, but Students Pay for It

Cuts to public funding have passed universities’ financial burden on to students through rising tuition and fees. Should President Biden cancel campus debt too?

Sep 7, 2022 / StudentNation / Sarah Holtz

Jim Crow Infrastructure and the Jackson, Miss., “Water Crisis”

Jim Crow Infrastructure and the Jackson, Miss., “Water Crisis” Jim Crow Infrastructure and the Jackson, Miss., “Water Crisis”

To understand why more rain means less drinking water in Mississippi’s capital, you need to look to the state’s racist past—and the present malign neglect of its Black citizens.

Sep 6, 2022 / Makani Themba

Barbara Ehrenreich

Barbara Ehrenreich, a Writer for Change Barbara Ehrenreich, a Writer for Change

The author and activist, who died last week, documented with prescience and empathy the lives of people who are overlooked by society.

Sep 6, 2022 / Katha Pollitt

Queen Elizabeth shakes hands with newly elected leader of the Conservative party Liz Truss in an opulent room in Balmoral Castle.

Meet Liz Truss, Britain’s New Conservative Prime Minister Meet Liz Truss, Britain’s New Conservative Prime Minister

With the Labour Party tacking toward the center, the role of actually opposing this new Thatcher wannabe has fallen on an increasingly militant, confident, articulate, and strategi...

Sep 6, 2022 / Gary Younge

“The Nation” and the National Writers Union Reach an Agreement

“The Nation” and the National Writers Union Reach an Agreement “The Nation” and the National Writers Union Reach an Agreement

It will protect freelancers’ rights and set rates and conditions.

Sep 6, 2022 / Abigail Higgins

It’s Time for Democrats to Stop Undermining Teachers’ Unions

It’s Time for Democrats to Stop Undermining Teachers’ Unions It’s Time for Democrats to Stop Undermining Teachers’ Unions

Unions are key to building multi-racial solidarity and fighting divisive far-right politics.

Sep 6, 2022 / Emelia Gold and Nicholas Rabb

Two dozen people rally in from of the White House carrying signs to

President Biden’s Debt Relief Is Just the First Step President Biden’s Debt Relief Is Just the First Step

Now that the president has canceled student debt once, he can do it again.

Sep 6, 2022 / StudentNation / Eleni Schirmer for The Nation

Weaponizing Food

Weaponizing Food Weaponizing Food

Russia’s war in the Ukraine devastates world resources.

Sep 5, 2022 / OppArt / Sue Coe

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