Millions of Workers Are Due More Overtime Pay. Will They Get It? Millions of Workers Are Due More Overtime Pay. Will They Get It?
New regulations are designed to expand the number of employees entitled to overtime. But the conservative courts have other ideas.
Oct 4, 2024 / Emmet Fraizer
Immunity Doesn’t Apply to Trump for January 6 Immunity Doesn’t Apply to Trump for January 6
A new filing by special counsel Jack Smith argues that even in light of the Supreme Court ruling granting immunity to presidents, a seeker of office is liable for criminal activit...
Oct 4, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
What Kind of Damage Will the Supreme Court Inflict This Term? What Kind of Damage Will the Supreme Court Inflict This Term?
To understand the ambitions of the conservative majority, look no farther than Project 2025, which was cooked up by some of the same people who engineered the current court.
Oct 4, 2024 / Feature / Elie Mystal
Trump—and His Supporters—Are Now Reveling in Blatantly Fascist Calls to Violence Trump—and His Supporters—Are Now Reveling in Blatantly Fascist Calls to Violence
Trump’s base loves it not because the former president wants to fight crime but because he wants retribution.
Oct 4, 2024 / Sasha Abramsky
No, JD Vance Did Not Win the Debate on Abortion No, JD Vance Did Not Win the Debate on Abortion
Mainstream journalists are making something very simple too complicated: Republicans want a national abortion ban.
Oct 3, 2024 / Joan Walsh
Arab Voters Are Abandoning Kamala Harris. Why Doesn’t She Seem to Care? Arab Voters Are Abandoning Kamala Harris. Why Doesn’t She Seem to Care?
Arab American support for Democrats has plummeted—but Harris is making virtually no effort to win these voters back.
Oct 3, 2024 / Waleed Shahid
How High School Voters Can Impact the 2024 Election How High School Voters Can Impact the 2024 Election
More than 4.4 million Americans are currently 18 years old—many of them in high school—yet their value as a voting bloc is severely underrepresented.
Oct 3, 2024 / StudentNation / Jelinda Montes
After a Shaky Start, Walz Reveals the Fascist Behind the Curtain After a Shaky Start, Walz Reveals the Fascist Behind the Curtain
In the vice-presidential debate, JD Vance was every bit the polished Yale Law alum, but his canned bromides turned foul in the end.
Oct 2, 2024 / Chris Lehmann