Workers Are Not Your Props
The Democratic presidential field lined up to get their pictures taken with striking GM workers. But what workers really need from the Democratic Party is power, not photo ops.
Jane McAleveyPolitics
Chesa Boudin Wants to Bring Restorative Justice to San Francisco
Boudin is running for the city’s District Attorney seat to make the criminal justice system’s extreme racial and economic disparities a thing of the past.
John NicholsDemocrats
Anybody but Bernie—or Warren
Unable to deal with the declining appeal of centrism in their party, moneyed Democrats are fantasizing about imaginary presidential candidates.
Jeet HeerElectoral Reform
Want Serious Progressive Change? Fight for Structural Election Reforms.
That’s the only way we’ll be able to challenge the GOP minority’s hold on power, after so many years of gerrymandering and voter suppression.
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In Honor of Atatiana Jefferson, Another Innocent Victim of Police Violence
On October 12, 2019, Aaron Deana, a white police officer, killed Atatiana Jefferson inside her home while she was playing video games with her 8-year-old nephew.
Andrea Arroyo
October 22, 2019 Sports
The Houston Astros Don’t Care About Domestic Violence
October 22, 2019 The Constitution
Trump Thinks the Emoluments Clause Is Phony
October 22, 2019 Humor
Rudy Giuliani and the Secret Constitution
October 22, 2019 Executive Branch
Trump’s Cruel Refugee Policies Are Somehow Getting Worse
October 22, 2019 Politics
Everything Keeps Getting Worse for Trump’s Toadies
Politics
Trump’s Cruel Refugee Policies Are Somehow Getting Worse
His administration’s new rules are making nearly impossible for migrants and refugees to live in the US.
Arnold Isaacs
The Real Trouble With Tulsi
Hillary Clinton is wrong again. Gabbard is no Russian asset but a narrow nationalist.
Jeet Heer
There Was a Smart, Progressive Way to Withdraw From Syria
Representative Ro Khanna explains how the president’s disregard for diplomacy has failed the Kurds and prospects for real and lasting peace.
John NicholsTrump and the GOP
Everything Keeps Getting Worse for Trump’s Toadies
Giuliani, Mulvaney, and Pompeo are getting in deeper and deeper trouble as the impeachment push accelerates.
Joan WalshWe’re Gonna Need a Bigger Impeachment
A narrow and quick impeachment is no longer sufficient for a White House that flaunts its crimes.
Jeet HeerThe Impeachment Crisis Just Got Worse for the GOP
Donald Trump is laying the groundwork to bring Pompeo and Pence down with him.
Joan WalshNation Voices
world
Johnson Tries to Throw the UK Under the Bus; Parliament Balks—for Now
The hope for those who oppose his awful Brexit deal is that the number of supporters will collapse once the legislation comes into contact with reality.
Rachel Shabi
Spain’s Catalonia Crisis Just Got a Lot Worse
Massive peaceful protests, along with days of violent clashes, demonstrate that the fight over this region’s independence movement affects the entire country and is far from over.
Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
‘Biba Guåhan!’: How Guam’s Indigenous Activists Are Confronting Military Colonialism
As the federal government tries to expand its control of the island, the CHamoru are ready to rise in resistance.
Chris Gelardi and Sophia PerezSignal:Noise
Culture
In ‘Succession,’ Who Is the Joke Really On?
The show is heralded as a nuanced and cutting critique of the 1 percent. But whose side is it really on?
Erin Schwartz
Down the Alt-Right Rabbit Hole
Andrew Marantz’s Antisocial tells the messy history of how the far right went viral.
Evan Malmgren
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The Chicago Teachers Strike Proves We Can’t Rely on Democrats
Anyone interested in the future of public education and the Democratic Party should pay close attention to the school strike in Chicago.
Eric BlancInvestigation
Sports
US Soccer Is Neglecting Latino Talent—and It Shows
There are millions of youths playing soccer in the United States. So why is the men’s national team so terrible?
Isma’il KushkushWatch and Listen
Listen: NBA, China, and the Coming Season
The Athletic’s Michael Lee joins the show to talk about the upcoming NBA season, the NBA’s situation in China, and more.
October 22, 2019
Listen: The Deepening Desperation of Donald Trump
Sasha Abramsky on the president, Corey Robin on Clarence Thomas, and Katha Pollitt on abortion.
October 17, 2019
View: More Than a Wall: Photos of 30 Years of Life Along the US-Mexico Border
Successive US administrations have sought to turn the borderlands into a land of death—but these photos prove it is very much a land of the living.
September 12, 2019
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