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Portland Street Response crisis worker Angela Sands and EMT Kaya Ascott respond to a 911 call in Portland, Oregon.

This Organization Proved There Was an Alternative to the Police. Now It’s Being Defunded. This Organization Proved There Was an Alternative to the Police. Now It’s Being Defunded.

In Eugene, Oregon, CAHOOTS, a decades-old crisis-response program, may disappear, but the programs it inspired have spread across the United States, including to nearby Portland.

Jun 24, 2025 / Kaia Sand

Pride Everywhere!

Pride Everywhere! Pride Everywhere!

Barcelona, Spain, 2025.

Jun 24, 2025 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Left: Ford to City: Drop Dead reads front page of the New York “Daily News” for October 30, 1975. Right: Felix Rohatyn seated in front of a microphone.

The Death and Rebirth of New York City The Death and Rebirth of New York City

A new documentary about the 1975 fiscal crisis, Drop Dead City, is entertaining to watch but dangerously misleading as history—or politics.

Jun 24, 2025 / Doug Henwood

Jose Ibarra, former director of the Phoenix Scholars program at Long Beach City College, talks to Oscar Jammott, 18, who plans to transfer to an HBCU.

How to Steer People From Gangs to Colleges How to Steer People From Gangs to Colleges

A grant-supported program found success transitioning young people connected to gangs into higher education—until the money stopped coming.

Jun 24, 2025 / Gail Cornwall

Anti-war protesters rally in Los Angeles on June 22 after the Trump administration bombed Iran with the largest B-2 bomber strike in US history.

“No Kings” Has to Become “No More Wars” “No Kings” Has to Become “No More Wars”

Donald Trump killed the anti-war right—but offers a chance to revive the anti-war left.

Jun 23, 2025 / Jeet Heer

June 14 March

June 14 March June 14 March

Sketches NYC.

Jun 23, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Pete Rose holding a baseball mitt in position during a Cincinnati Reds game.

Let’s Not Induct a Sexual Predator Into Baseball’s Hall of Fame Let’s Not Induct a Sexual Predator Into Baseball’s Hall of Fame

Former Cincinnati Reds player and manager Pete Rose represents a poisonous form of masculinity that should be rooted out, not beatified.

Jun 23, 2025 / Robert Lipsyte

A protester on an electric unicycle waves a flag outside City Hall in protest against a series of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, in Los Angeles on June 15, 2025.

Here in Los Angeles, Immigrants Are Leading the Fight Here in Los Angeles, Immigrants Are Leading the Fight

In the streets, in our legislatures, and in the courts, political leaders are calling for law and order, ignoring the fact that it is their officers wreaking havoc.

Jun 23, 2025 / Victor Leung

A demonstrator holds up a sign during a protest in front of the main entrance of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on June 19, 2025.

Why the LA Dodgers Stood Up to ICE Why the LA Dodgers Stood Up to ICE

The ownership turned ICE away at the stadium and pledged $1 million to families of immigrants because of all the people protesting Trump’s immigration actions in LA.

Jun 21, 2025 / Dave Zirin

Wrecking Crew

Wrecking Crew Wrecking Crew

Fighting back.

Jun 20, 2025 / Steve Brodner

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