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Visitors walk down the steps of the US Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C.

One of #MeToo’s Biggest Wins Is About to Be Tested in Court One of #MeToo’s Biggest Wins Is About to Be Tested in Court

A new federal law bans employers from pushing employees into private arbitration when they file claims of sexual harassment or assault. Patricia Olivieri is using it to seek justic...

Jun 13, 2023 / Bryce Covert

How Freddie Mac Helps Private Equity Profit From Tenant Misery

How Freddie Mac Helps Private Equity Profit From Tenant Misery How Freddie Mac Helps Private Equity Profit From Tenant Misery

Overloaded with debt, with maintenance and repairs cut back to the bone, tenants are being bled dry to make millions for speculators—with a crucial assist from the Federal Home Loa...

Jun 13, 2023 / Feature / Eileen Markey

A sign calling for protection of the Clean Water Act hung outside the Supreme Court Building

The Supreme Court Has Done Us Dirty on the Clean Water Act The Supreme Court Has Done Us Dirty on the Clean Water Act

The recent ruling in Sackett v. EPA drastically weakens the Clean Water Act.

Jun 13, 2023 / Column / Elie Mystal

Cornel West speaks at the 2019 Hutchins Center Honors W.E.B. Du Bois Medal Ceremony at Harvard University on October 22, 2019.

Cornel West Is the Right Man in the Wrong Party Cornel West Is the Right Man in the Wrong Party

An otherwise credible left-wing challenge to Biden is hampered by the dysfunctional People’s Party.

Jun 12, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Canadian Wildfire Smoke in New York City

What We Can Learn From the Canadian Wildfires What We Can Learn From the Canadian Wildfires

The smoke that blanketed the US Northeast was not incidental or anomalous but yet another manifestation of accelerating anthropogenic climate change.

Jun 12, 2023 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

Walt Nauta, who was indicted on federal charges alongside Donald Trump, walks with his boss during the first round of the LIV Golf at Trump National Golf Club, Friday, May 26, 2023, in Sterling, Va.

It’ll Take More Than an Indictment to Make Donald Trump Face Justice It’ll Take More Than an Indictment to Make Donald Trump Face Justice

The 37-count indictment against Trump is strong, but if we want him to be held accountable, he must be defeated at the polls.

Jun 12, 2023 / Elie Mystal

Ben Wikler Is Bringing His Activist Roots to His Bid for DNC Chair

Ben Wikler Is Bringing His Activist Roots to His Bid for DNC Chair Ben Wikler Is Bringing His Activist Roots to His Bid for DNC Chair

The latest candidate for Democratic National Committee chair has a long record of progressive organizing. Here's his story.

Jun 12, 2023 / Feature / John Nichols

The Enduring Grift of the Washington Operator

The Enduring Grift of the Washington Operator The Enduring Grift of the Washington Operator

A new book argues that D.C. became a swamp in the Trump years, but like any company town it has always been a hive of influence peddling, self-dealing, and graft.

Jun 12, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann

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Letters From the June 26/July 3, 2023, Issue Letters From the June 26/July 3, 2023, Issue

She’s not the boss… Support musicians… The road to 2028… The spiritual left…

Jun 10, 2023 / Our Readers

Donald Trump in 2016

Is 37 Criminal Counts What It Takes for the GOP to Abandon Trump? Is 37 Criminal Counts What It Takes for the GOP to Abandon Trump?

Top Republicans may finally drop the ex-president, whom they never liked in the first place.

Jun 10, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky

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