Society

A picture of an at-home COVID test.

Welcome to the “You Do You” Pandemic Welcome to the “You Do You” Pandemic

The new Covid policy: Let them eat cake.

Sep 1, 2023 / Gregg Gonsalves

Only a Social Movement Can Win Real Immigration Reform

Only a Social Movement Can Win Real Immigration Reform Only a Social Movement Can Win Real Immigration Reform

Activists marched for three days straight, demanding that Congress finally change the immigration registry date.

Sep 1, 2023 / Photo Essay / David Bacon

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass speaks during a press conference to announce new efforts to curb recent retail thefts on August 17, 2023.

Progressives Need to Have Real Answers on Crime Progressives Need to Have Real Answers on Crime

California shows that unless the left acknowledges the need to make communities safe while maintaining support for criminal justice reform, right-wing demagogues will latch onto t...

Sep 1, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky

Photographs of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger displayed during “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship,” an exhibition at the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago, Chile.

Chile: The Secrets the US Government Continues to Hide Chile: The Secrets the US Government Continues to Hide

Fifty years after the military coup that brought down Salvador Allende and installed the Pinochet dicatorship, there are still top secret documents on the US role that must be dec...

Aug 31, 2023 / Peter Kornbluh

Louisiana LGBTQ

The Queer Progressives Helping to Pull Louisiana to the Left The Queer Progressives Helping to Pull Louisiana to the Left

The Pelican State might have a dearth of left-leaning political figures in office, but that doesn’t stop Davante Lewis and Mel Manuel from fighting for LGBTQ advocacy and economic...

Aug 31, 2023 / StudentNation / Kennith Woods

The Women of America’s Heartland

The Women of America’s Heartland The Women of America’s Heartland

Monica Potts’s book The Forgotten Girls is a document of the effects of poverty, sexism, and, of course, the rapacious capitalism that has abandoned communities across America.

Aug 31, 2023 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The UAW Is Prepared to Strike, and Bernie Sanders Has Their Back

The UAW Is Prepared to Strike, and Bernie Sanders Has Their Back The UAW Is Prepared to Strike, and Bernie Sanders Has Their Back

In a fight over the future of work, the labor committee chair recognizes that autoworkers need a fair share of burgeoning profits.

Aug 31, 2023 / John Nichols

Weaponizing

Weaponizing Weaponizing

McCarthy-ism.

Aug 30, 2023 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Georgia Knecht, 4, browses a bookshelf at Riverside, California, Main Library.

A Book Is a Book Is a Book—Except When It’s an e-Book A Book Is a Book Is a Book—Except When It’s an e-Book

But corporate mega-publishers want purchasing a book to be like renting a movie or streaming an album.

Aug 30, 2023 / Maria Bustillos

What Happens When You Give New Parents Cash Aid?

What Happens When You Give New Parents Cash Aid? What Happens When You Give New Parents Cash Aid?

Cash transfer programs are forging a path for guaranteed income.

Aug 30, 2023 / Lizzie Tribone

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