Minnesota Enacts Landmark Protections for Amazon Warehouse Workers Minnesota Enacts Landmark Protections for Amazon Warehouse Workers
Passed over strenuous opposition from the company, the new law is the fruit of a long campaign by Amazon workers and the local community.
May 17, 2023 / Abdirahman Muse, Emma Greenman, and Erin Murphy
Can America Go Car-Free? Gen Z Hopes So. Can America Go Car-Free? Gen Z Hopes So.
Young people today are already driving less, but breaking the country’s car-dependency will require unprecedented investment in infrastructure and public transit.
May 17, 2023 / StudentNation / Hannah Reynolds
The Future of War Is AI The Future of War Is AI
AI, whatever its positives, looks like anything but what the world needs right now to save us from a hell on earth.
May 17, 2023 / Tom Engelhardt
In East Palestine, Norfolk Southern Hired a Company With a Long History of Ignoring Hazards In East Palestine, Norfolk Southern Hired a Company With a Long History of Ignoring Hazards
Why trust a company with CTEH's spotty record to monitor air quality at the site of the Ohio train wreck? For the railroad, it all made perfect $en$e.
May 16, 2023 / Feature / Jesse Marx and Nicolas Niarchos
Joe Biden, Culture Warrior Joe Biden, Culture Warrior
The president’s freedom agenda can win—if he doesn’t embrace austerity.
May 15, 2023 / Jeet Heer
The Best Years of My Country Are Behind Me The Best Years of My Country Are Behind Me
Thirty years ago, I caught a fleeting glimpse out of the corner of my eye of a better future, a better America, a better world. It was not to be.
May 11, 2023 / William Astore
Now More Than Ever, We Need to Fight, Not Despair Now More Than Ever, We Need to Fight, Not Despair
The never-ending Covid toll, the government’s indifference to this suffering—it’s easy to feel helpless about all of it. But we have to keep resisting.
May 11, 2023 / Gregg Gonsalves
Is This the Most Dangerous Right-Wing Think Tank You’ve Never Heard Of? Is This the Most Dangerous Right-Wing Think Tank You’ve Never Heard Of?
Meet the Foundation for Government Accountability.
May 10, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Dutch University Just Set a Powerful Precedent for Climate Research A Dutch University Just Set a Powerful Precedent for Climate Research
VU Amsterdam will reject collaborations with fossil fuel companies that fail to demonstrate a commitment to the Paris Agreement.
May 10, 2023 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen
The Military Industrial Complex Is More Powerful Than Ever The Military Industrial Complex Is More Powerful Than Ever
The current war machine isn’t your grandfather’s MIC, not by a country mile.
May 9, 2023 / William D. Hartung and Benjamin Freeman