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Cornel West and RFK Jr. Are Both Helping Biden Now Cornel West and RFK Jr. Are Both Helping Biden Now
As two of his rivals head into the wilderness, the president is consolidating the left-of-center vote.
Oct 6, 2023 / Jeet Heer
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Frontline Water Protectors Frontline Water Protectors
March in NYC: A fight against the tar sands oil pipeline.
Oct 3, 2023 / OppArt / Susan Simensky Bietila
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America’s Short-Lived Safety Net Has Almost Fully Unraveled America’s Short-Lived Safety Net Has Almost Fully Unraveled
The American Rescue Plan created unprecedented programs protecting parents and young children, renters, and childcare providers. Now they are almost entirely gone.
Sep 15, 2023 / Editorial / Bryce Covert for The Nation
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We Have the Solution to Child Poverty. Republicans Are Blocking It. We Have the Solution to Child Poverty. Republicans Are Blocking It.
The expansion of the child tax credits under the American Rescue Plan halved child poverty. When the policy ended, child poverty shot back up.
Sep 1, 2023 / The Score / Bryce Covert
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Why These Leftists Oppose Free Money Why These Leftists Oppose Free Money
A conversation with Daniel Zamora Vargas and Anton Jäger about why a “basic income” isn't such a progressive welfare idea.
Aug 23, 2023 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
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We Are Witnessing the First Stages of Civilization’s Collapse We Are Witnessing the First Stages of Civilization’s Collapse
Will our own elites perform any better than the rulers of Chaco Canyon, the Mayan heartland, and Viking Greenland?
Aug 22, 2023 / Michael T. Klare
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A Political Battle Within Political Science: Which Side Is the APSA On? A Political Battle Within Political Science: Which Side Is the APSA On?
The hotel workers’ strike in Los Angeles will force members of the American Political Science Association—and Taylor Swift fans—to decide whether or not to cross union picket lines...
Aug 2, 2023 / Peter Dreier
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Cornel West: The Christian Socialist Running for President Cornel West: The Christian Socialist Running for President
In an exclusive interview with The Nation, the candidate talks church, state, prophecy—and politics.
Jul 31, 2023 / Q&A / Wen Stephenson
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SAG-AFTRA Can Agree on One Thing: It’s Time to Crush the Big Studios SAG-AFTRA Can Agree on One Thing: It’s Time to Crush the Big Studios
How do you bring a woefully divided union together? You go on strike.
Jul 26, 2023 / Editorial / Piper French
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“Bidenomics” vs. “Reaganomics” “Bidenomics” vs. “Reaganomics”
What will it take for Biden’s economic agenda to transform the political landscape the way to Reagan’s did?
Jul 21, 2023 / The Score / Mike Konczal