Politics

Protesters holding Georgian and European flags clash with police during a demonstration against the government's decision to delay European Union membership talks amid a postelection crisis, in Tbilisi, early on December 1, 2024.

Protests Engulf Georgia Protests Engulf Georgia

The political crisis is escalating.

Dec 4, 2024 / Vadim Nikitin

Former Wisconsin governor Scott Walker arrives to speak during a campaign rally for former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Dane Manufacturing in Waunakee, Wisconsin, October 1, 2024.

A Wisconsin Judge Just Ripped Up Scott Walker’s Anti-Union Law A Wisconsin Judge Just Ripped Up Scott Walker’s Anti-Union Law

In a major win for labor, the judge determined that Walker’s assault on worker rights was wildly unconstitutional.

Dec 4, 2024 / John Nichols

Three people in a parking lot outside a residential building look at and sign tenant union cards and materials.

In the US, Tenants Are Usually on Their Own. Can a New National Tenant Union Change That? In the US, Tenants Are Usually on Their Own. Can a New National Tenant Union Change That?

The Tenant Union Federation is fostering a wave of tenant leaders who have been pushed to the margins—many of them elderly, disabled, low-income—as they aim to transform renters i...

Dec 4, 2024 / Thomas Birmingham

Apartheid

Apartheid Apartheid

And worse.

Dec 3, 2024 / OppArt / André Carrilho

Global Burning

Global Burning Global Burning

The oil industry denies climate change, opposes regulations, and significantly contributes to the environmental crisis.

Dec 3, 2024 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

Kash Patel at the Team Trump Bus Tour in Charlotte, North Carolina, on October 10, 2024.

Kash Patel Is Trump’s Scariest Cabinet Appointment Yet Kash Patel Is Trump’s Scariest Cabinet Appointment Yet

The president-elect wants to put a “deep state” conspiracy theorist in charge of the actual deep state.

Dec 3, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, on Capitol Hill to discuss his nomination with senators.

The Senate Must Reject Scandal-Plagued Pete Hegseth The Senate Must Reject Scandal-Plagued Pete Hegseth

And then it must keep rejecting Trump’s cabinet picks.

Dec 3, 2024 / Joan Walsh

The GOP Push to Deregulate Childcare, One State at a Time

The GOP Push to Deregulate Childcare, One State at a Time The GOP Push to Deregulate Childcare, One State at a Time

From Kansas to South Carolina, Republican have come up with a terrifying solution to the childcare crisis: remove some of the basic guardrails ensuring safe, quality care for youn...

Dec 3, 2024 / Feature / Jackie Mader

Georgia’s Disastrous Medicaid Work Requirements

Georgia’s Disastrous Medicaid Work Requirements Georgia’s Disastrous Medicaid Work Requirements

Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, said that 345,000 people would enroll in the state’s Medicaid program, which has strict work requirements—so far just 5,118 have.

Dec 3, 2024 / Column / Bryce Covert

Donald Trump walks onstage for a campaign rally on October 12, 2024, in Coachella, California.

Blue States Will Not Be Safe in Our Corrupt, Clownish, Authoritarian Future Blue States Will Not Be Safe in Our Corrupt, Clownish, Authoritarian Future

The Trump administration will seek vengeance against any state that tries to resist the spread of crony capitalism.

Dec 3, 2024 / Column / Sasha Abramsky

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