Politics

Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, delivers his keynote speech on day three of the UK Labour Party annual conference in Liverpool, UK, on October 10, 2023.

The British Labour Party, Sponsored by Amazon and Deliveroo The British Labour Party, Sponsored by Amazon and Deliveroo

On the conference stage where, four years ago, delegates waved Palestinian flags, Keir Starmer defended Israel's right to retaliate in Gaza.

Oct 13, 2023 / Marcus Barnett

Silence Is Complicity

Silence Is Complicity Silence Is Complicity

Let’s speak out against white supremacy, human trafficking, bigotry, sexual abuse, gun violence, oppression, mass shootings, domestic violence…

Oct 13, 2023 / OppArt / Judy Polstra

The Supreme Court Is Going to Rubber-Stamp Racial Gerrymandering

The Supreme Court Is Going to Rubber-Stamp Racial Gerrymandering The Supreme Court Is Going to Rubber-Stamp Racial Gerrymandering

The court has found a loophole that could allow districts to exclude Black voters—and still call it constitutional.

Oct 12, 2023 / Elie Mystal

Elderly hands

Aging in America Shouldn’t Be This Hard Aging in America Shouldn’t Be This Hard

Why should capital take any interest in people who are no longer a source of profit?

Oct 12, 2023 / Rebecca Gordon

Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) enters the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.

Omar and Tlaib Are Condemned in the US for Saying What Prominent Israelis Are Saying Omar and Tlaib Are Condemned in the US for Saying What Prominent Israelis Are Saying

The White House is ripping Squad members for proposing de-escalation and diplomacy to stop the killing of Israelis and Palestinians.

Oct 12, 2023 / John Nichols

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks to reporters at a press conference on government funding in the U.S. Capitol on September 29, 2023.

Democrats Can Win Big in 2024. But They Have to Fight for It. Democrats Can Win Big in 2024. But They Have to Fight for It.

Republican chaos may help Democrats some in 2024. But if they want to win, they really need to help themselves.

Oct 12, 2023 / John Nichols for The Nation

family, two adults and a baby, marching in climate strike new york city

Lefty Groups Making It Possible for Families to Do Politics Lefty Groups Making It Possible for Families to Do Politics

From Comrades with Kids to Red Sprouts, millennials find new ways of support.

Oct 12, 2023 / Raina Lipsitz

Chief Medical Examiner of Webb County, Dr. Corinne Stern’s autopsy assistant moves the body of an unidentified migrant to the autopsy room in Laredo, Tex., on October 12, 2022.

When There’s No One to Attend to the Dead When There’s No One to Attend to the Dead

How one small change to Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure created a cascade of problems for the state’s capacity to investigate death.

Oct 12, 2023 / Caroline Tracey

Cluster Bombs and Children

Cluster Bombs and Children Cluster Bombs and Children

Weapons that live on to destroy.

Oct 11, 2023 / OppArt / Sue Coe

Donald Trump in 2016

It’s No Mystery Why Racists Have Fallen in Love With Trump’s Republican Party It’s No Mystery Why Racists Have Fallen in Love With Trump’s Republican Party

The KKK did not choose to support Donald Trump because he was a Republican—but because they agreed with the ideas that he and other far-right politicians spout.

Oct 11, 2023 / Clarence Lusane

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