Iowa Starbucks Workers Want a Nice Hot Cup of Union Power Iowa Starbucks Workers Want a Nice Hot Cup of Union Power
Workers at the company’s Iowa City store are on the cusp of making some history.
May 2, 2023 / Dave Leshtz
Lamar Jackson Made the Billionaires Blink Lamar Jackson Made the Billionaires Blink
After a two-year odyssey, the MVP quarterback scores a contract that was even more about power than about money.
May 2, 2023 / Dave Zirin
This Could Be the Most Important Democratic Primary of 2023 This Could Be the Most Important Democratic Primary of 2023
A scandal-scarred, anti-abortion state senator could help crush reproductive freedom in Virginia—unless his progressive challenger defeats him.
May 2, 2023 / John Nichols
Emptying Guantánamo Is Not the Same as Closing Guantánamo Emptying Guantánamo Is Not the Same as Closing Guantánamo
Unless the post-9/11 forever prison is permanently shuttered, it’s only a matter of time before one of Biden’s successors takes up Trump’s unrealized call to fill it back up with “...
May 2, 2023 / Column / Spencer Ackerman
The Political Aftershock of Turkey’s Devastating Earthquake The Political Aftershock of Turkey’s Devastating Earthquake
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has never let a crisis go to waste, hopes to use money and the need for reconstruction after the quake—not jail sentences—to prevail in this mon...
The GOP’s War Against Trans People Is a War Against Democracy The GOP’s War Against Trans People Is a War Against Democracy
In censuring Zooey Zephyr, a trans state representative, even some Montana Republicans are worried that the party has gone too far.
May 1, 2023 / Gabriel Furshong
Green Rationales for Harsher Immigration Policies Are Nothing New Green Rationales for Harsher Immigration Policies Are Nothing New
White supremacists adopt the language of environmentalism to push both grotesque anti-immigrant bigotry and a broader, unnerving far-right agenda.
May 1, 2023 / Stan Cox
Sean McElwee’s Betting Against Democracy Sean McElwee’s Betting Against Democracy
The Data for Progress founder’s gambling isn’t just a bad habit. It’s a symptom of the decay of solidarity.
May 1, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Gun Violence: A Week of Response to the Weak Republican Response to Mass Shootings in the USA Gun Violence: A Week of Response to the Weak Republican Response to Mass Shootings in the USA
Most Americans support sensible gun measures. Will the country ever enact them?
May 1, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo