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Will ‘Janus’ Prove to Be the Fatal Blow that Unions Have Long Feared?

Or will it inspire the kind of militant unionism that could still resurrect the labor movement? 

Gabriel Winant

Immigration Policy

Here Is Just Some of the Hateful Abuse Immigrants Face in Detention Centers

A new report documents a litany of racist, sexist, Islamophobic, homophobic behavior from detention guards.

John Washington
Technology

How Tech Workers Are Fighting Back Against Collusion With ICE and the Department of Defense

Microsoft and Google are just two of the largest companies that have been unmasked as contracting with harmful government agencies. Who will be next?

Michelle Chen
Government

When Kids Don’t Count

The Census already drastically undercounts children. Will “zero tolerance” make it worse?

Collier Meyerson
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From the Magazine

Politics

Ben Jealous Shakes Up Maryland Politics

The former head of the NAACP is running for governor on a progressive platform that’s won endorsements from Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, and The Baltimore Sun.

John Nichols

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wins as a Democratic Socialist With a 21st-Century Vision

With a values-based campaign that championed Medicare for All and the abolition of ICE, the 28-year-old Latina beat a top Democratic incumbent.

John Nichols

Democrats Must Stop Pretending the Supreme Court Is Apolitical

The party has largely avoided talking about the radical nature of the Roberts Court.

Sean McElwee

Janus v. AFSCME

‘Janus’ Was Decided by Conservative Judicial Activists Who Are Legislating From the Bench

A judicial assault on unions and Justice Kennedy's retirement confirm that the makeup of the Supreme Court must be a central issue in every 2018 Senate contest.

John Nichols

How the Labor Movement Can Win Under National ‘Right to Work’

Labor’s biggest gains have been made not when the law has been on our side, but when workers have been most willing to stand up and fight.

Mindy Isser

The West Virginia Teachers Strike Shows That Winning Big Requires Creating a Crisis

The strikers won all five of their demands by shutting down every public school in the state.

Jane McAlevey

world

Once Again, the Right Wing Wins in Colombia, Amid Divisions on the Left

But Gustavo Petro’s presidential candidacy was the most successful leftist campaign in modern Colombian history, after decades of isolation and political assassinations.

Miguel Salazar

What Will Become of Nicaragua?

Civil unrest marks a crucial tipping point in the country’s history of political revolution.

Rebecca Gordon

Why Are Mainstream Media Slandering Mexico’s López Obrador?

Instead of recognizing neoliberalism’s failure, they attack the Mexican leader who has successfully indicted it.

James North

Culture

The Long Road to ‘Citizens United’

Adam Winkler's new history argues that the problem with Citizens United is its inability to see the distorting effects of concentrated wealth.

David Cole

How Did Vietnam Transform White Supremacy?

Kathleen Belew’s sobering new history tracks the hidden relationship between the war and a resurgence in racial violence.

Patrick Blanchfield

‘Supernatural’ Fanaticism

TV for the narrowcast generation.

Loren A. Lynch

Watch and Listen

Listen: The Politics of the 2018 World Cup

Author and academic Jules Boykoff stops by to talk 2018 World Cup.

June 19, 2018

View: PHOTOS: These Students Are Sick and Tired of Gun Violence

“That could be me, my friends, my family.”

April 26, 2018

View: ‘A Border Control Official Sexually Abused Me’

Aura Hernández fled to the US seeking safety. Instead, she encountered threats, harassment, and assault.

April 2, 2018

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From the Muslim Ban to Family Separation, Fight to End Attacks on Immigrants

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