Good News Alert: Democrats Might Actually Flip the Michigan Legislature Good News Alert: Democrats Might Actually Flip the Michigan Legislature
What’s their secret sauce? Support for public education.
Oct 28, 2022 / Jennifer C. Berkshire
The World’s Biggest Trial of a Four-Day Workweek Shows: It Works The World’s Biggest Trial of a Four-Day Workweek Shows: It Works
A shorter week allows workers to better take care of themselves without sacrificing productivity.
Oct 28, 2022 / Bryce Covert
10 Years After Sandy, Renters Remain Most Vulnerable to the Impacts of Climate Change 10 Years After Sandy, Renters Remain Most Vulnerable to the Impacts of Climate Change
Since Hurricane Sandy hit the US in 2012, it has become clear that no one is immune to climate disaster. At this point, it's more a question of who has the means to survive it.
Oct 28, 2022 / Lena P. Afridi
Your College RA Deserves a Union Your College RA Deserves a Union
Resident Advisers are workers and should demand employment status, union recognition, and fair wages. Universities cannot function without them.
Oct 28, 2022 / StudentNation / Ava Young-Stoner
Why Isn’t Kathy Hochul Running Away With Her Race for Reelection? Why Isn’t Kathy Hochul Running Away With Her Race for Reelection?
Republican Lee Zeldin is pro-Trump, anti-choice, and running in a state Joe Biden carried by 23 percent—yet recent polls put him within the statistical margin of error of pulling o...
Oct 27, 2022 / Ross Barkan
Will the Haitian Crisis Lead to Yet Another Military Intervention? Will the Haitian Crisis Lead to Yet Another Military Intervention?
With gangs holding the country hostage, and violence spinning out of control, the US and the UN play pass the parcel.
Oct 27, 2022 / Amy Wilentz
For Iranian Women, the Uprising Was a Long Time Coming For Iranian Women, the Uprising Was a Long Time Coming
The protests are about choice—elective rather than mandatory hijab—not unlike the demands of abortion rights supporters in the United States.
Oct 27, 2022 / Kiana Karimi
In Vermont, Voters Could Make Abortion a Constitutional Right In Vermont, Voters Could Make Abortion a Constitutional Right
This November, the state could become one of the first in the country to ratify a constitutional amendment declaring a right to personal reproductive autonomy.
Oct 27, 2022 / Amy Littlefield
Republicans Have Spent Millions on Youth Outreach. And It’s Working. Republicans Have Spent Millions on Youth Outreach. And It’s Working.
Kyle Spencer’s new book Raising Them Right shows how the conservative establishment has recruited and trained new generations of activists over the last 60 years.
Oct 26, 2022 / Q&A / Julian Epp
Mike Davis: 1946–2022 Mike Davis: 1946–2022
A brilliant radical reporter with a novelist’s eye and a historian’s memory.
Oct 25, 2022 / Obituary / Jon Wiener