Inequality

Anti-Senate Bill 4 Protest

These Cities Aren’t Waiting for Trump to Self-Destruct. They’re Fighting Back Now. These Cities Aren’t Waiting for Trump to Self-Destruct. They’re Fighting Back Now.

Dispatches from the Urban Resistance, from Los Angeles to El Paso. 

May 31, 2017 / Jimmy Tobias

The Outcome of This Obscure Lawsuit Could Undermine Constitutional Government

The Outcome of This Obscure Lawsuit Could Undermine Constitutional Government The Outcome of This Obscure Lawsuit Could Undermine Constitutional Government

The Georgia Supreme Court is about to decide whether citizens can sue the state. It’s chilling to imagine what could happen if the justices say they cannot.

May 31, 2017 / Cara Sabatini

Christine Pellegrino Win

No, the ‘Resistance’ Isn’t Failing at the Voting Booth. Here’s Where It’s Winning. No, the ‘Resistance’ Isn’t Failing at the Voting Booth. Here’s Where It’s Winning.

The demand for fundamental change sparked by the Sanders insurgency is still building inside and outside the Democratic Party.

May 30, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Seattle Housing Rights

This City Helped Pioneer the Fight for $15. Can It Revolutionize Housing Rights? This City Helped Pioneer the Fight for $15. Can It Revolutionize Housing Rights?

Seattle renters are mad as hell—and they’re not going to take it anymore.

May 30, 2017 / Jimmy Tobias

A group marches through downtown Austin heading to the Texas Capitol during an immigration protest, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017.

How to Join the Fight Against Texas’s Racist Immigration Law How to Join the Fight Against Texas’s Racist Immigration Law

Activists will gather at the Texas State Capitol this Monday—and they’re asking for everyone’s support.

May 26, 2017 / NationAction

Paul Ryan demonstrator

More Proof Republicans Are Just Lying About Trumpcare More Proof Republicans Are Just Lying About Trumpcare

A long-awaited analysis from the Congressional Budget Office confirms that the GOP’s health-care bill punishes people with preexisting conditions.  

May 25, 2017 / Zoë Carpenter

Trump speech

Trump’s Cruel and Unusual Budget Trump’s Cruel and Unusual Budget

George Zornick on the president’s attack on the poor, Ari Berman on voting rights, and Joshua Holland on Trump’s travels.

May 25, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Qatar Airways advertisement in Nepal

What Happens to a Country When So Many of Its Workers Migrate? What Happens to a Country When So Many of Its Workers Migrate?

About a third of Nepal’s GDP comes from remittances sent back from overseas.

May 25, 2017 / Michelle Chen

war on women protest

Trump Escalates the War on Women Trump Escalates the War on Women

Reproductive rights are not merely a women’s health issue—they are an essential component of economic health and security as well.

May 23, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

andrew jackson trump

Demand That Congress Force Trump to Release His Tax Returns Demand That Congress Force Trump to Release His Tax Returns

It’s more important than ever that we understand exactly how Donald Trump stands to benefit from the power of his office.

May 22, 2017 / NationAction

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